Title
ShapeBots: Shape-changing Swarm Robots
Abstract
We introduce shape-changing swarm robots. A swarm of self-transformable robots can both individually and collectively change their configuration to display information, actuate objects, act as tangible controllers, visualize data, and provide physical affordances. ShapeBots is a concept prototype of shape-changing swarm robots. Each robot can change its shape by leveraging small linear actuators that are thin (2.5 cm) and highly extendable (up to 20cm) in both horizontal and vertical directions. The modular design of each actuator enables various shapes and geometries of self-transformation. We illustrate potential application scenarios and discuss how this type of interface opens up possibilities for the future of ubiquitous and distributed shape-changing interfaces.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1145/3332165.3347911
Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
shape-changing user interfaces, swarm user interfaces
Conference
978-1-4503-6816-2
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
0
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ryo Suzuki1227.58
Clement Zheng2125.47
Yasuaki Kakehi334961.71
Tom Yeh468846.80
Ellen Yi-luen Do573186.31
Mark D. Gross669476.76
Daniel Leithinger751131.03