Digital Deformation Caliper with BendShape

带 BendShape 的数字变形卡尺

• 批准号: 557253-2020
• 负责人: Girouard, Audrey
• 金额: $ 2.19万
• 依托单位: Carleton University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=706705
• 关键词: Digital; Deformation; Caliper; BendShape

Tactual Labs has developed a new shape sensing platform called BendShape, which enables measuring curvature of complex curves in a plane. They are useful for many complex surfaces such as body part measurements or irregular shapes. Measuring curves has applications in domains such as sculpture, pottery, crafting, construction, aviation or 3D modeling. The goal of this project is to explore the design space offered by the precision and detailed angular measure of BendShape, and enable the development of new applications. Specifically, our main research goal is to refine applications of BendShape as a digital curvature caliper for the curvature of static objects. Our work will include software development and hardware design to create the desired applications as well as thorough user studies to assess the applications. This project will generate new knowledge regarding the application domain of BendShape, which will in turn potentially result in new business opportunities for Tactual Labs. The outcome of the work will be videos, demonstrations and publications to illustrate new applications. Tactual Labs is committed to having this research outcome available in the public domain because this enables the development of a large number of usage scenarios and vertical markets. The development and commercialization of this technology will undoubtedly create jobs in various sectors and benefit the Canadian economy.

Tactual Labs开发了一种名为BendShape的新型形状传感平台，可以测量平面上复杂曲线的曲率。它们对许多复杂的表面都很有用，比如身体部位的测量或不规则的形状。测量曲线在雕塑、陶器、工艺、建筑、航空或3D建模等领域都有应用。