2nd International ICST Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination

Research Article

An Optocoupled Poseable Ball and Socket Joint for Computationally Enhanced Construction Kits

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.ROBOCOMM2009.5824,
        author={Michael Philetus Weller and Ellen Yi- Luen Do and Mark D Gross},
        title={An Optocoupled Poseable Ball and Socket Joint for Computationally Enhanced Construction Kits},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination},
        proceedings_a={ROBOCOMM},
        year={2009},
        month={5},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.ROBOCOMM2009.5824}
    }
    
  • Michael Philetus Weller
    Ellen Yi- Luen Do
    Mark D Gross
    Year: 2009
    An Optocoupled Poseable Ball and Socket Joint for Computationally Enhanced Construction Kits
    ROBOCOMM
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.ROBOCOMM2009.5824
Michael Philetus Weller1,*, Ellen Yi- Luen Do2,*, Mark D Gross1,*
  • 1: Computational Design Lab Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213
  • 2: ACME Lab Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332
*Contact email: philetus@cmu.edu, ellendo@gatech.edu, mdgross@cmu.edu

Abstract

—We present a novel design for connecting pieces of a computationally enhanced construction kit, an optocoupled ball and socket joint. Unlike other existing connectors, our joint is poseable and allows both the topology and dynamic configuration of a kit assembly to be sensed. We provide a survey of existing computationally enhanced construction kit connectors and describe the technical details of our design.