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Threa-D Printing Tunable Bistable Mechanisms

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Nowadays, with 3D-printers becoming more accessible, hobbyists aim to create artifacts with integrated functional mechanisms. Many bistable mechanisms could be integrated into a variety of objects; however, adjusting their designs for different applications, when only low-cost hobbyist printers and commonly used filaments are available, is challenging. They include thin elements, which complicate their adoption and cannot be easily tuned post-fabrication. We adapt existing designs, using elastic threads and common filaments. Unlike the original design, the design we showcase is robust, can be adjusted for specific application requirements, and permits post-fabrication tuning.

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SCF Adjunct '24: Adjunct Proceedings of the 9th ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication
July 2024
49 pages
ISBN:9798400706950
DOI:10.1145/3665662
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  1. 3D-printing
  2. reconfigurable metamaterials
  3. tactile devices
  4. threads
  5. tunable mechanisms

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