CurveUps: Shaping Objects from Flat Plates with Tension-Actuated Curvature (SIGGRAPH 2017)

We present a computational approach for designing CurveUps, curvy shells that form from an initially flat state. Based on small rigid tiles held together by two pre-stretched elastic sheets attached to them, they allow he realization of smooth, doubly curved surfaces that can be fabricated as a flat piece.

Project page:
http://visualcomputing.ist.ac.at/publ...

Authors:
Ruslan Guseinov, Eder Miguel, and Bernd Bickel

Artistic models by Fabrizio Amoroso

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 645599 - Soft-bodied intelligence for Manipulation (SoMa) and from the European Research Council (ERC) under grant agreement No 715767 - MATERIALIZABLE: Intelligent fabrication-oriented Computational Design and Modeling.