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

Michael Philetus Weller; Ellen Yi- Luen Do; Mark D Gross

2nd International ICST Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination

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

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    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.

Published: 2009-05-19
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.ROBOCOMM2009.5824

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

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