Engineering Multifunctional Spacer Fabrics Through Machine Knitting
Engineering Multifunctional Spacer Fabrics Through Machine Knitting
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DOI：
10.1145/3411764.3445564
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2021-05
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Lea Albaugh;J. McCann;S. Hudson;Lining Yao
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作者：
Lea Albaugh;J. McCann;S. Hudson;Lining Yao
机器针织是一种日益普及的用于生产定制纺织品的制造技术。然而，最近的机器针织研究主要集中在针织成型或适应手工针织图案上。我们探索机器针织的独特功能：生产多层间隔织物。这些织物由两个面层组成，通过单丝填充纱连接，赋予结构刚度和体积。我们展示了如何改变间隔织物中的针织图案和纱线参数，以生产具有嵌入式功能的触觉材料，以形成具有可调密度、刚度、材料偏差和刷毛特性的软驱动机构和传感器。这些软机构可以在计算控制的 V 型床针织机上快速生产，并直接集成到软物体中。
Machine knitting is an increasingly accessible fabrication technology for producing custom soft goods. However, recent machine knitting research has focused on knit shaping, or on adapting hand-knitting patterns. We explore a capability unique to machine knitting: producing multilayer spacer fabrics. These fabrics consist of two face layers connected by a monofilament filler yarn which gives the structure stiffness and volume. We show how to vary knit patterning and yarn parameters in spacer fabrics to produce tactile materials with embedded functionality for forming soft actuated mechanisms and sensors with tunable density, stiffness, material bias, and bristle properties. These soft mechanisms can be rapidly produced on a computationally-controlled v-bed knitting machine and integrated directly into soft objects.