Robert Kovacs, Alexandra Ion, Pedro Lopes, Tim Oesterreich, Johannes Filter, Philip Otto, Tobias Arndt, Nico Ring, Melvin Witte, Anton Synytsia, Patrick Baudisch
- 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.
MetadatenAuthor details: | Robert Kovacs, Alexandra IonORCiDGND, Pedro LopesORCiDGND, Tim Oesterreich, Johannes Filter, Philip Otto, Tobias ArndtGND, Nico Ring, Melvin Witte, Anton Synytsia, Patrick BaudischORCiD |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3242587.3242607 |
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ISBN: | 978-1-4503-5948-1 |
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Title of parent work (English): | UIST '18: Proceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology |
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Subtitle (English): | 3D Printing Large Kinetic Structures |
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Publisher: | Association for Computing Machinery |
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Place of publishing: | New York |
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Publication type: | Other |
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Language: | English |
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Date of first publication: | 2018/10/11 |
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Publication year: | 2018 |
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Release date: | 2022/02/16 |
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Tag: | 3D printing; Fabrication; large scale mechanism; variable geometry truss |
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Number of pages: | 13 |
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First page: | 113 |
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Last Page: | 125 |
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Organizational units: | Digital Engineering Fakultät / Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering GmbH |
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DDC classification: | 0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke |
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