


PneUIPneumatically Actuated Soft Composite Materials
SOFT MATTER
Pneumatically Actuated Soft Composite MaterialsPneUI
Collaborators
Lining Yao, Ryuma Niiyama, Jifei Ou, Sean Follmer
Summary
This project presents PneUI, an enabling technology to build shape-changing interfaces through pneumatically-actuated soft composite materials. The composite materials integrate the capabilities of both input sensing and active shape output. This is enabled by the composites’ multi-layer structures with different mechanical or electrical properties. The shape changing states are computationally controllable through pneumatics and pre-defined structure. We explore the design space of PneUI through four applications: height changing buildingstangible phicons, a morphing barshape changing mobile, a transformable tablet cases and a shape shifting lamp.