TY - GEN
T1 - FoamSense
T2 - 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2017
AU - Nakamaru, Satoshi
AU - Nakayama, Ryosuke
AU - Niiyama, Ryuma
AU - Kakehi, Yasuaki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/10/20
Y1 - 2017/10/20
N2 - Here we report the new soft sensor "FoamSense" that can measure the deformation state of a volumetric soft object such as compressed, bent, twisted and sheared (Figure 1). This sensor is made by impregnating a porous soft object with conductive ink. The design process of FoamSense is explained. We then summarized the features and basic characteristics of some porous materials for designing these sensors appropriately. We also proposed the potential of using digital fabrication for controlling the carrier structure of FoamSense. Proposed porous structure showed an anisotropic sensor characteristic. We discussed the potential and limitation of this approach. Three possible applications are proposed by using FoamSense. FoamSense supports a richer interaction between the user and soft objects.
AB - Here we report the new soft sensor "FoamSense" that can measure the deformation state of a volumetric soft object such as compressed, bent, twisted and sheared (Figure 1). This sensor is made by impregnating a porous soft object with conductive ink. The design process of FoamSense is explained. We then summarized the features and basic characteristics of some porous materials for designing these sensors appropriately. We also proposed the potential of using digital fabrication for controlling the carrier structure of FoamSense. Proposed porous structure showed an anisotropic sensor characteristic. We discussed the potential and limitation of this approach. Three possible applications are proposed by using FoamSense. FoamSense supports a richer interaction between the user and soft objects.
KW - Design process
KW - Soft sensor
KW - Tangible user interface
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U2 - 10.1145/3126594.3126666
DO - 10.1145/3126594.3126666
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85041534494
T3 - UIST 2017 - Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
SP - 437
EP - 447
BT - UIST 2017 - Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 22 October 2017 through 25 October 2017
ER -