Part of long-term research with the the MIT Self-Assembly Lab, this project seeks to create protective sleeves for robotic machinery in manufacturing plants. The project is computational, and incorporates results from material tests to inform the design of the sleeves. Design is parametric and can adapt to a variety of forms with a range of different input.
Self-Assembly Lab, MIT: Nicole Teichner, Hamilton Forsythe, Schendy Kernizan, Jared Laucks, Skylar Tibbits
Create a wrap around any geometric form that includes any number of meshes or BREPs.
Create a variable thickness on the wrap that is dependent on external forces.
Automatically create a seam on any wrap for easy removal after specifying the seam plane.
Transform wrap into a lattice structure.
Material Tests and 3D printing
Constant Thickness
Variable Thickness
Lattice
