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View article: A framework for handweaving robotic textiles with liquid crystal elastomer fibers
A framework for handweaving robotic textiles with liquid crystal elastomer fibers Open
Textile production methods present a rich set of strategies for developing materials with both form and function encoded at the fiber scale. Beyond simply acting as a static flexible barrier, the ability to incorporate environmentally resp…
View article: FibeRobo: Fabricating 4D Fiber Interfaces by Continuous Drawing of Temperature Tunable Liquid Crystal Elastomers
FibeRobo: Fabricating 4D Fiber Interfaces by Continuous Drawing of Temperature Tunable Liquid Crystal Elastomers Open
We present FibeRobo, a thermally-actuated liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) fiber that can be embedded or structured into textiles and enable silent and responsive interactions with shape-changing, fiber-based interfaces. Three definitive pro…
View article: MECHANICAL SENSING IN 3D-PRINTED WEARABLE DEVICES USING UNDER-EXTRUDED CONDUCTIVE FILAMENT
MECHANICAL SENSING IN 3D-PRINTED WEARABLE DEVICES USING UNDER-EXTRUDED CONDUCTIVE FILAMENT Open
This paper demonstrates the potential of combining two recent technological advances: 1) wearable mechanical sensors and 2) 3D printing processes accessible to a wide range of users.We suggest that compliant, textile-like wearable sensors …
View article: (Dis)Appearables: A Concept and Method for Actuated Tangible UIs to Appear and Disappear based on Stages
(Dis)Appearables: A Concept and Method for Actuated Tangible UIs to Appear and Disappear based on Stages Open
(Dis)Appearables is an approach for actuated Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) to appear and disappear. This technique is supported by Stages: physical platforms inspired by theatrical stages. Self-propelled TUI's autonomously move between f…
View article: OmniFiber: Integrated Fluidic Fiber Actuators for Weaving Movement based Interactions into the ‘Fabric of Everyday Life’
OmniFiber: Integrated Fluidic Fiber Actuators for Weaving Movement based Interactions into the ‘Fabric of Everyday Life’ Open
Fiber – a primitive yet ubiquitous form of material – intertwines with our bodies and surroundings, from constructing our fibrous muscles that enable our movement, to forming fabrics that intimately interface with our skin. In soft robotic…
View article: Speculating on Biodesign in the Future Home
Speculating on Biodesign in the Future Home Open
The home is a place of shelter, a place for family, and for separation from other parts of life, such as work. Global challenges, the most pressing of which are currently the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change has forced extra roles into…
View article: DefeXtiles
DefeXtiles Open
We present DefeXtiles, a rapid and low-cost technique to produce tulle-like fabrics on unmodified fused deposition modeling (FDM) printers. The under-extrusion of filament is a common cause of print failure, resulting in objects with perio…
View article: ModiFiber
ModiFiber Open
Despite thin-line actuators becoming widely adopted in different Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) contexts, including integration into fabrics, paper art, hinges, soft robotics, and human hair, accessible line-based actuators are very limi…