Digital Deformation Caliper with BendShape

TActual Labs开发了一种名为BendShape的新形状传感平台，可以测量平面中复杂曲线的曲率。它们对于许多复杂曲面非常有用，例如身体部位测量或不规则形状。测量曲线在雕塑、陶器、工艺品、建筑、航空或3D建模等领域都有应用。 该项目的目标是探索BendShape精密而详细的角度测量所提供的设计空间，并使新应用的开发成为可能。具体地说，我们的主要研究目标是完善BendShape作为静态物体曲率的数字曲率卡尺的应用。我们的工作将包括软件开发和硬件设计，以创建所需的应用程序，以及全面的用户研究，以评估应用程序。 该项目将产生有关BendShape应用领域的新知识，这反过来又可能为TActual Labs带来新的商机。这项工作的成果将是视频、演示和出版物，以说明新的应用。TActual Labs致力于使这项研究成果在公共领域可用，因为这使大量使用场景和垂直市场的开发成为可能。这项技术的开发和商业化无疑将在各个部门创造就业机会，并使加拿大经济受益。

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.