Robotic Tactile Graphical Printing With Adhesive Inks

描述（由申请人提供）：ELT建议开发一种廉价的打印机，其输出可以通过触摸和视觉读取。印刷输出将作为一个桥梁，社会的图形丰富的信息-为那些谁是盲人以及那些谁有一个公平位的残余视力，并将受益于多模态打印材料。工程师和大学研究人员的团队将利用快速成型（RP）技术的平台创新，并修改商业上可用的现成材料，以实现目标。通过利用具有已知性能的现有技术，ELT可以保持打印机及其打印材料的低成本。该团队预计，打印机一旦完全开发，将能够打印符合国会图书馆盲文（和其他触觉字体）触觉文本生产标准的凸起输出，以及实线绘图（例如图形，图表，绘图，数学和科学信息），其方式是鲁棒的，提供出色的分辨率，并且易于感觉和易于查看。 公共卫生相关性：该研究将开发一种触觉打印机，以产生触觉和视觉的文本和图形。那些有视力障碍的人将使用打印机来实现更高水平的独立性，就业和教育。因此，预计他们需要较少的保健，享受较高的生活质量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): ELT proposes to develop an inexpensive printer whose output can be read by touch and sight. The printed output will serve as a bridge to society's graphics rich information - for those who are blind as well as those who have a fair bit of residual vision and would benefit from multimodal print materials. The team of engineers and university researchers will leverage Rapid Prototyping (RP) technology's platform innovations, and modify commercially available off-the- shelf materials to achieve the aims. By leveraging existing technologies with known performance, ELT can keep the costs of the printers and their printed materials low. The team expects that the printer, once fully developed, would be capable of printing raised output that meet Library of Congress standards for tactile text production of braille (and other tactile fonts) as well as solid line drawings (e.g. graphs, charts, drawings, an mathematical and scientific information) in a manner that is robust, provides excellent resolution, and is both easy to feel and easy to see. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The research will develop a tactile printer to produce text and graphics that are both tactile and visual. Those who have a visual impairment will use the printer to achieve greater levels of independence, employment and education. Consequently, they are expected to require less health care and enjoy a higher quality of life.