by cecil | Aug 3, 2014 | 2014, Cecil Piya, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, HUMAN SHAPE INTERACTION, Karthik Ramani, Shape Understanding
Laser direct deposition provides an attractive and cost effective means for repairing or remanufacturing high value engineering components. This study demonstrates the successful repair of defective voids in turbine airfoils based on a new semi-automated geometric...
by wei | Jun 20, 2014 | 2014, DESIGN METHOD, Design Representation, Fabrication, Karthik Ramani, Ke Huo, Publications, TANGIBLE, EMBEDDED & EMBODIED INTERFACES, Wei Gao
Origami affords the creation of diverse 3D objects through explicit folding processes from 2D sheets of material. Originally as a paper craft from 17th century AD, origami designs reveal the rudimentary characteristics of sheet folding: it is lightweight, inexpensive,...
by Ansh Verma | Jun 17, 2014 | 2014, Ansh Verma, Karthik Ramani, TANGIBLE, EMBEDDED & EMBODIED INTERFACES, Tangibles
We introduce ChiroBot, a cyber-physical construction kit that allows users to create custom robots out of craft material, easily assemble the robots using joint modules and control them using hand gestures. These hand-crafted robots are assembled using our modules...
by Sujin | May 28, 2014 | 2014, Embedded Input, HUMAN SHAPE INTERACTION, Karthik Ramani, Mid-air Interaction, Publications, Sujin Jang, TANGIBLE, EMBEDDED & EMBODIED INTERFACES, Tangibles
We present PuppetX, a framework for both constructing playthings and playing with them using spatial body and hand gestures. This framework allows users to construct various playthings similar to puppets with modular components representing basic geometric shapes. It...
by Senthil | May 23, 2014 | 2014, HUMAN SHAPE INTERACTION, Karthik Ramani, Multi-touch Interaction, Publications, Senthil Chandrasegaran
Direct-touch tablets are quickly replacing traditional pen-and-paper tools in many applications, but not in case of the designer’s sketchbook. In this paper, we explore the tradeoffs inherent in replacing such paper sketchbooks with digital tablets in terms of...
by vinayak | Mar 7, 2014 | 2014, HUMAN SHAPE INTERACTION, Karthik Ramani, Mid-air Interaction, Vinayak
We present zPots, an application for gesture-free hand-based design of virtual pottery enabled by the Leap Motion device. With zPots, a user can shape and color 3D pots by moving bare hands in the air with minimal or no training. Unlike large-space hand-and-body...
