Title
FormFab: Continuous Interactive Fabrication
Abstract
Several systems have illustrated the concept of interactive fabrication, i.e. rather than working through a digital editor, users make edits directly on the physical workpiece. However, so far the interaction has been limited to turn-taking, i.e., users first perform a command and then the system responds with physical feedback. In this paper, we present a first step towards interactive fabrication that changes the workpiece continuously while the user is manipulating it. To achieve this, our system FormFab does not add or subtract material but instead reshapes it (formative fabrication). A heat gun attached to a robotic arm warms up a thermoplastic sheet until it becomes compliant; users then control a pneumatic system that applies either pressure or vacuum thereby pushing the material outwards or pulling it inwards. Since FormFab reshapes the workpiece continuously while users are moving their hands, users can interactively explore different sizes of a shape with a single interaction.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1145/3294109.3295620
Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Keywords
Field
DocType
3d modeling tools, direct manipulation, interactive fabrication, personal fabrication
Robotic arm,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Fabrication,Formative assessment
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4503-6196-5
1
0.35
References 
Authors
0
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stefanie Mueller135840.04
Anna Seufert2132.04
Huaishu Peng3625.58
Robert Kovacs414813.57
Kevin Reuss521.39
Francois Guimbretière6125783.50
Patrick Baudisch74611263.11