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Soft robotics

1. Objective

weekly assignment

Research skills: the participant has acquired knowledge through references and Concept development Design skills: the participant has learnt through sketches, 2D and 3D modeling, simulations and (paper) prototypes Fabrication skills: the participant is able of executing from file to production workflow, molding and casting, vinylcutting, laser cutting Documentation: Anyone can go through the process, understand it and reproduce it Final outcome: Is the project assembled, functioning and complete Originality: Has the design been thought through and elaborated?

2. References, research & inspiration

This new topic raised several questions for me regarding how to go about it, and it also sparked a greater interest in exploring new applications. I looked into resources on platforms like YouTube and sought out visual references on Pinterest to see how others approach it, but I didn’t find much information on using vinyl; I did, however, come across more examples involving silicone, which prompted me to experiment a bit further.

2.1 INSPIRATION

When I started researching, I saw many reference videos and images, but not how it was done. I thank this student from Fabricademy for posting and explaining how to do it with vinyl, since I felt lost when I started.

* [Zahia Albakri - CPF Makerspace](https://class.textile-academy.org/2024/zahia-albakri/Projects/week12/#6results)

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  • Video references: Vimeo (only when not yours)
  • Video references: Youtube (only when not yours)

3. Tools

4. Process and workflow

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How-to use footnotes for fabrication files

Fabrication files are a necessary element for evaluation. You can add the fabrication files at the bottom of the page and link them as a footnote. This was your work stays organised and files will be all together at the bottom of the page. Footnotes are created using 1 (without spaces, as shown in Step 1 & 2, and referenced as you see at the bottom of this page) You can reference the fabrication files to multiple places on your page.

4.1 Step 1

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4.2 Step 2

The laser cut nesting 2 was created using.. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

4.3 Step 3

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5. Results

Results & documentation
  • Don’t forget to document the outcome including:
  • Final result
  • Photos from different stages
  • Videos of movement or interaction, show how a material moves, something was assembled or the interaction
  • Include measurements or a reference object to give a sense of scale
  • Describe the (material) properties of what you made
  • Comparison between attempts, if you did multiple experiments or generated multiple files before fabricating / deploying. You can use a table as shown in week 4

5.1 Code

Use the three backticks to separate code.

// the setup function runs once when you press reset or power the board
void setup() {
  // initialize digital pin LED_BUILTIN as an output.
  pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
}

// the loop function runs over and over again forever
void loop() {
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);   // turn the LED on (HIGH is the voltage level)
  delay(1000);                       // wait for a second
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);    // turn the LED off by making the voltage LOW
  delay(1000);                       // wait for a second
}

6. Weekly reflection & critical thinking

  • What did I learn? What did I personally find interesting or surprised me?
  • What would I do differently? If something "failed" do I know how else to tackle it now?"
  • How does this connect to my final project or my learning trajectory?
  • What are implications and possible applications, think also from the ethical or environmental aspect, how it could connect to your practice and project?

NuEval — final step

Go to NuEval and fill in the checklist, when not complete notify your instructor.

7. Fabrication files & References

  1. File: Code 1 ↩

  2. File: Laser cut matrix ↩

  3. Reference: Author; Title; Source; year ↩