RoMA: Interactive Fabrication with Augmented Reality and a Robotic 3D Printer
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Mueller, Stefanie
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We present the Robotic Modeling Assistant (RoMA), an interactive fabrication system providing a fast, precise, hands-on and in-situ modeling experience. As a designer creates a new model using RoMA AR CAD editor, features are constructed concurrently by a 3D printing robotic arm sharing the same design volume. The partially printed physical model then serves as a tangible reference for the designer as she adds new elements to her design. RoMA's proxemics-inspired handshake mechanism between the designer and the 3D printing robotic arm allows the designer to quickly interrupt printing to access a printed area or to indicate that the robot can take full control of the model to finish printing. RoMA lets users integrate real-world constraints into a design rapidly, allowing them to create well-proportioned tangible artifacts or to extend existing objects. We conclude by presenting the strengths and limitations of our current design.
Date issued
2018-04Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceJournal
Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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Peng, Huaishu, Jimmy Briggs, Cheng-Yao Wang, Kevin Guo, Joseph Kider, Stefanie Mueller, Patrick Baudisch and François Guimbretière. "RoMA: Interactive Fabrication with Augmented Reality and a Robotic 3D Printer." In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal QC, Canada, April 21-26, 2018, Paper no. 579.
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978-1-4503-5620-6