12. Soft robotics¶
Research¶
TBD
References & Inspiration¶
Tools¶
Process and workflow¶
Laser welding¶
I wanted to recreate the pattern from Aeromorph to make a foldable cube.
I made the shapes in Rhino. The most frequent commands I used was PlanarSrf, PlanarUnion and DupFaceBorder
PlanarSrf (Planar Surface) turns curves into surface, which can be used for union, difference and intersection. DupFaceBorder (Duplicate Face Border) creates an outline curve of the selected surface.
When I exported the surface into a .dxf, the isocurves were present. I had to delete those manually in Rhino. This was the main reason I turned the surfaces back into curves using DupFaceBorder. Do not forget to delete the duplicated curves from the original geometry before exporting.
In the Lightburn software, I had to select open shapes and auto-join the curves.
Silicon¶
I was inspired by this research and wanted to make an inflatable stone garden myself.
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The research is titled "Stretchable surfaces with programmable 3D texture morphing for synthetic camouflaging skins." In the pdf from the supplementary files of the paper, I find a 2D mesh of the stones.
I partially traced this mesh in Rhino.
I consulted documentations of 2020 alumi Loana Flores and Loes Bogers