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A question I’d be interested in resolving is whether I can use sewable silicone robots to physically transform a garment. For example, I could try to roll down the fingers of a glove, or roll up a skirt to reveal a garment underneath. I could also experiment with trying to change the colors of a
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I took inspiration from this painting called Rainy Day. Boston (1885) by Childe Hassam In this piece, the artist sought to transport the viewer to Boston’s South End at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and Appleton Street. This piece evokes a sense of calmness and nostalgia in the viewer, even though the viewer has not
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Mandell H. “Monstrous” craft activism: A city yarn installation that wrought controversy through textile togetherness and community engagement. Craft Research. 2021;12(1):31-50. doi:10.1386/crre_00039_1 After utilizing the EbscoHost database, I came across a paper called ‘Monstrous’ craft activism: A city yarn installation that wrought controversy through textile togetherness and community engagement. This paper discusses a commissioned yarn installation
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Conference Paper: OmniFiber: Integrated Fluidic Fiber Actuators for Weaving Movement based Interactions into the ‘Fabric of Everyday Life’ Ozgun Kilic Afsar, Ali Shtarbanov, Hila Mor, Ken Nakagaki, Jack Forman, Karen Modrei, Seung Hee Jeong, Klas Hjort, Kristina Höök, and Hiroshi Ishii. 2021. OmniFiber: Integrated Fluidic Fiber Actuators for Weaving Movement based Interactions into the ‘Fabric
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My starting paper was called OmniFiber: Integrated Fluidic Fiber Actuators for Weaving Movement based Interactions into the ‘Fabric of Everyday Life’. I chose this paper because I’m interested to see how pneumatics and soft robotics can be combined with textiles to create a dynamic garment, one that can, for example, change its shape. The paper
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Unfamiliar Phrases: continuum deformations, proprioceptive sensors, elastomer sensors, This paper discusses the formulation of a soft robotic tongue, using silicone rubber cured with 3D printed molds and a tongue surface reconstruction algorithm, that can simulate human tongue motion and measurement of tongue pressure against a human palate in vitro through pneumatic actuation. X. Lu, W.
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