Digital fabrication of pneumatic actuators with integrated sensing by machine knitting

Y Luo, K Wu, A Spielberg, M Foshey, D Rus… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Soft actuators with integrated sensing have shown utility in a variety of applications such as
assistive wearables, robotics, and interactive input devices. Despite their promise, these …

Isp: Multi-layered garment dra** with implicit sewing patterns

R Li, B Guillard, P Fua - Advances in Neural Information …, 2023 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Many approaches to dra** individual garments on human body models are realistic, fast,
and yield outputs that are differentiable with respect to the body shape on which they are …

spaceR: Knitting Ready-Made, Tactile, and Highly Responsive Spacer-Fabric Force Sensors for Continuous Input

R Aigner, MA Haberfellner, M Haller - Proceedings of the 35th Annual …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
With spaceR, we present both design and implementation of a resistive force-sensor based
on a spacer fabric knit. Due to its softness and elasticity, our sensor provides an appealing …

MagKnitic: Machine-knitted Passive and Interactive Haptic Textiles with Integrated Binary Sensing

Y Luo, J Zhu, K Wu, C Honnet, S Mueller… - Proceedings of the 36th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we introduce MagKnitic, a novel approach to integrate passive force feedback
and binary sensing into fabrics via digital machine knitting. Our approach utilizes digital …

Physically Situated Tools for Exploring a Grain Space in Computational Machine Knitting

L Albaugh, SE Hudson, L Yao - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We propose an approach to enabling exploratory creativity in digital fabrication through the
use of grain spaces. In material processes,“grain” describes underlying physical properties …

Semantics and Scheduling for Machine Knitting Compilers

J Lin, V Narayanan, Y Ikarashi, J Ragan-Kelley… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Machine knitting is a well-established fabrication technique for complex soft objects, and
both companies and researchers have developed tools for generating machine knitting …

An Augmented Knitting Machine for Operational Assistance and Guided Improvisation

L Albaugh, SE Hudson, L Yao - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Computational mediation can unlock access to existing creative fabrication tools. By
outfitting an otherwise purely mechanical hand-operated knitting machine with lightweight …

Amigo: computational design of amigurumi crochet patterns

M Edelstein, H Peleg, S Itzhaky… - Proceedings of the 7th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We propose an approach for generating crochet instructions (patterns) from an input 3D
model. We focus on Amigurumi, which are knitted stuffed toys. Given a closed triangle mesh …

Singular Foliations for Knit Graph Design

R Mitra, E Jimenez Berumen, M Hofmann… - ACM SIGGRAPH 2024 …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
We build upon the stripes-based knit planning framework of [Mitra et al. 2023], and view the
resultant stripe pattern through the lens of singular foliations. This perspective views the …

UFO Instruction Graphs Are Machine Knittable

JH Lin, Y Ikarashi, GL Bernstein… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Programming low-level controls for knitting machines is a meticulous, time-consuming task
that demands specialized expertise. Recently, there has been a shift towards automatically …