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LayerPump: Rapid Prototyping of Functional 3D Objects with Built-in Electrohydrodynamics Pumps Based on Layered Plates

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Satoshi Nakamaru,

Yasuaki KakehiAuthors Info & Claims

TEI '21: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Article No.: 48, Pages 1 - 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/3430524.3442453

Published: 14 February 2021 Publication History

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The development and widespread use of digital fabrication techniques has accelerated the fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) objects, enabling not only to design their shapes but also to customize their internal structures and materials to realize various functions. In this research we propose a novel design method to embed internal pumps and liquid paths inside 3D objects. We utilized a pump driven by electrohydrodynamics (EHD) of fluid migrating in response to an applied electric field. To arrange the EHD pumps and fluid paths in appropriate positions inside 3D objects, we stacked layered acrylic plates cut with digital fabrication tools such as laser cutters and cutting plotters. Using these embedded pumps, we can control the flow of fluid to change color, shape, and motion of the objects. In this paper, we detailed our fabrication techniques named LayerPump, and demonstrated its design space and application scenarios.

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TEI '21: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

February 2021

908 pages

ISBN:9781450382137

DOI:10.1145/3430524

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University of Regensburg, Germany
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University of Art and Design Linz, Austria
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University of Salzburg, Austria
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Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany
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