Paper Info
Title
Printed Paper Actuator: A Low-cost Reversible Actuation and Sensing Method for Shape Changing Interfaces.
Abstract
We present a printed paper actuator as a low cost, reversible and electrical actuation and sensing method. This is a novel but easily accessible enabling technology that expands upon the library of actuation-sensing materials in HCI. By integrating three physical phenomena, including the bilayer bending actuation, the shape memory effect of the thermoplastic and the current-driven joule heating via conductive printing filament, we developed the actuator by simply printing a single layer conductive Polylactide (PLA) on a piece of copy paper via a desktop fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer. This paper describes the fabrication process, the material mechanism, and the transformation primitives, followed by the electronic sensing and control methods. A software tool that assists the design, simulation and printing toolpath generation is introduced. Finally, we explored applications under four contexts: robotics, interactive art, entertainment and home environment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1145/3173574.3174143
CHI
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
Paper actuator, paper interface, 3D printing, 4D printing, shape memory polymer, thermoplastic, self-folding, shape changing
Conference
978-1-4503-5620-6
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.45
0
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Guanyun Wang18319.25
Tingyu Cheng292.59
Youngwook Do3123.98
Humphrey Yang494.96
Ye Tao53011.69
Jianzhe Gu6105.65
Byoungkwon An7466.07
Lining Yao825131.54