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。印刷输出将成为社会图形丰富信息的桥梁-对于那些盲人和那些有相当一部分残余视力的人来说，将受益于多模态印刷材料。工程师和大学研究人员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来实现目标。通过利用具有已知性能的现有技术，ELT可以使打印机及其打印材料的成本保持在较低水平。该团队期望，一旦完全开发，打印机将能够打印出符合美国国会图书馆标准的凸起输出，用于盲文（和其他触觉字体）的触觉文本生产，以及实体线条图（例如图形，图表，绘图，数学和科学信息），以一种健壮的方式，提供出色的分辨率，易于感觉和易于看到。

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.