title: Active printed materials for complex self-evolving deformations.
abstract: We propose a new design of complex self-evolving structures that vary over time due to environmental interaction. In conventional 3D printing systems, materials are meant to be stable rather than active and fabricated models are designed and printed as static objects. Here, we introduce a novel approach for simulating and fabricating self-evolving structures that transform into a predetermined shape, changing property and function after fabrication. The new locally coordinated bending primitives combine into a single system, allowing for a global deformation which can stretch, fold and bend given environmental stimulus.
authors.affiliation: Camera Culture Group, Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raviv
authors.affiliation: Bio/Nano/Programmable Matter Group, Autodesk Research, Autodesk Software Co.,Ltd. 399 Pu Dian Road, Shanghai, Pudong District, Shanghai PRC.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Self-Assembly Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 265 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA.
authors.forename: Carrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McKnelly
authors.affiliation: Self-Assembly Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 265 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA.
authors.forename: Athina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papadopoulou
authors.affiliation: Camera Culture Group, Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA.
authors.forename: Achuta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kadambi
authors.affiliation: 1] Camera Culture Group, Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA [2] Singapore University of Technology and Design, 20 Dover Dr, Singapore.
authors.forename: Boxin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Stratasys, ltd. Rehovot Science Park, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Shai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.affiliation: Stratasys, ltd. Rehovot Science Park, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dikovsky
authors.affiliation: Bio/Nano/Programmable Matter Group, Autodesk Research, Autodesk Inc. Pier 9, San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zyracki
authors.affiliation: Bio/Nano/Programmable Matter Group, Autodesk Research, Autodesk Inc. Pier 9, San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olguin
authors.affiliation: Camera Culture Group, Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raskar
authors.affiliation: Self-Assembly Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 265 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA.
authors.forename: Skylar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tibbits