PFI:BIC MAKERPAD: Cognitively Intuitive Shape-Modeling and Design Interface enabling a Distributed Personalized Fabrication Network.

目前，只有企业和工程师、设计师等专业人员才能进行产品设计和制造。每个人都有想法，但只有少数人能把它们付诸实践。这是因为缺乏直观和易于使用的设计工具，制作原型所需的详细知识，有困难的用户所需的帮助以及制造设施。这种差距可以被视为对国家未开发的人力、创造性资源和经济潜力的浪费。MAKERPAD将通过提供直观的设计工具和远程制造资源访问，弥合个性化生产设计工具需求与3D制造技术快速增长之间的差距。利用云，MAKERPAD将使制造商和学生能够轻松访问和使用个性化制造技术。MAKERPAD通过以下方式实现：（a）3D混合和增强现实，（B）云驱动算法（形状建模、计算机视觉、人机交互），以及（c）支持3D扫描、搜索和打印的服务模型。使用由嵌入到移动的和直观的面向制造的设计建模中的深度传感相机创建的启示，智能算法将能够在云上实时工作。MAKERPAD将开发和使用以人为中心的认知直观设计界面，在虚拟云世界中进行数字建模，从而实现与个性化制造网络的连接。使用新的机器人玩具平台以及配件作为用例，服务模型设计将适当地支持各种能力水平的消费者。用户和系统级的工作流程将以无缝的方式设计，以便用户获得其设计的激光切割和3D打印模型。如果成功，该系统将根据用户要求、使用环境、预算和时间限制，支持不同级别的服务、质量和数字设计和物理模型的复杂性。智能系统将动态配置适当的技术，供应商和方法，如自己动手（DIY）以及礼宾服务，以提供最佳水平的解决方案给用户。该项目是普渡大学（机械，电气和计算机工程，商学院）和主要实施伙伴手势界面技术ZeroUI（圣何塞，加利福尼亚州，小企业）之间的合作。试验台的二级合作伙伴包括一个博物馆（想象站，拉斐特，印第安纳州，非营利）和天才教育研究所（GERI，普渡大学）。其他合作伙伴包括增强现实- Meta（加利福尼亚州波托拉谷，中型企业）;和深度传感相机- Leap（加利福尼亚州旧金山弗朗西斯科，中型企业）。

Currently product design and manufacturing are accessible only to enterprises and professionals such as engineers and designers. Everyone has ideas but only a select few can bring them to fabrication. This is because of lack of intuitive and easy-to-use design tools, detailed knowledge required to make prototypes, help needed for users with difficulties, and access to fabrication facilities. This gap could be seen as a waste of untapped human creative resources and economic potential to the Nation. MAKERPAD will bridge the gaps between the need for design tools for personalized production and the rapid growth of 3D fabrication technologies by providing intuitive tools for designing and access to remote fabrication resources. Using the cloud, MAKERPAD will enable personalized fabrication technology easily accessible and available to makers and students.MAKERPAD is enabled by (a) 3D mixed and augmented reality, (b) cloud-powered algorithms (shape modeling, computer vision, human computer interaction), and (c) service models supporting 3D scanning, searching and printing. Using the affordances created by depth sensing cameras that are being embedded into both mobile and intuitive fabrication oriented design modeling, smart algorithms will be enabled to work real-time over the cloud. MAKERPAD will develop and use the human-centric cognitively intuitive design interfaces, digital modeling in the virtual cloud world, thus enabling connectivity to a personalized fabrication network. Using a new robotic toy platform as well as accessories as the use case, the service model design will appropriately support consumers at various levels of capabilities. The workflow at the user and system level will be designed in a seamless fashion for the users to obtain laser cut and 3D printed models of their designs. If successful, this system will support different levels of service, quality and sophistication of digital designs and physical models depending on the user requirements, usage context, budget and time constraints. The smart system will dynamically configure the appropriate technologies, providers and approaches, such as Do-It-Yourself (DIY) as well as concierge services, to deliver the optimal level of solution to the user.This project is a collaboration between Purdue University (Mechanical, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Business School) and primary implementation partner gesture interface technology ZeroUI (San Jose, CA, small business). Secondary partners for test-beds include a museum (Imagination Station, Lafayette, IN, non-profit) and gifted education research institute (GERI, Purdue University). Other partners include augmented reality - Meta (Portola Valley, CA, medium business); and depth sensing camera - Leap (San Francisco, CA, medium business).