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Yasuaki Kakehi Laboratory

xSlate


A Stiffness-Controlled Surface for Size- and Shape-Changing Interfaces


Takayuki Hirai, Satoshi Nakamaru, Yoshihiro Kawahara, and Yasuaki Kakehi

Abstract:
We propose a new system called xSlate, a stiffness controlled surface for shape changing interfaces. It is enabled by a deformable frame structure that consists of linear actuators, and an elastic skin surface that can configure its stiffness by pneumatic jamming. We have implemented the prototype and explored its applications.

xSlateは、形状変化するインタフェースのための硬度可変なサーフェスモジュールの提案です。これは、リニアアクチュエータからなる変形可能なフレーム構造と、空気圧ジャミングにより硬さを設定できるスキンの組み合わせにより実現されている。プロトタイプを実装し、応用領域の開拓を進めています。

Publications:
Takayuki Hirai, Satoshi Nakamaru, Yoshihiro Kawahara, and Yasuaki Kakehi. 2018. xSlate: A Stiffness-Controlled Surface for Shape-Changing Interfaces. In Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Paper D113, 4 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3186496