Digital Deformation Caliper with BendShape

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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.