TY  - GEN
A1  - Kovacs, Robert
A1  - Ion, Alexandra
A1  - Lopes, Pedro
A1  - Oesterreich, Tim
A1  - Filter, Johannes
A1  - Otto, Philip
A1  - Arndt, Tobias
A1  - Ring, Nico
A1  - Witte, Melvin
A1  - Synytsia, Anton
A1  - Baudisch, Patrick
T1  - TrussFormer
T2  - The 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
N2  - We present TrussFormer, an integrated end-to-end system that allows users to 3D print large-scale kinetic structures, i.e., structures that involve motion and deal with dynamic forces.  TrussFormer  builds  on  TrussFab,  from  which  it inherits the ability to create static large-scale truss structures from 3D printed connectors and PET bottles. TrussFormer adds movement to these structures by placing linear actuators into them: either manually, wrapped in reusable components called assets, or by demonstrating the intended movement. TrussFormer  verifies  that  the  resulting  structure  is mechanically sound and will withstand the dynamic forces resulting  from  the  motion. To  fabricate  the  design, TrussFormer generates the underlying hinge system that can be printed on standard desktop 3D printers.  We demonstrate TrussFormer  with  several  example  objects,  including  a 6-legged walking robot and a 4m-tall animatronics dinosaur with 5 degrees of freedom.
KW  - fabrication
KW  - 3D printing
KW  - variable geometry truss
KW  - large-scale mechanism
Y1  - 2019
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/50631
SN  - 978-1-4503-5971-9
PB  - Association for Computing Machinery
CY  - New York
ER  -