Morphing Matter

Soft Robotics for Health & Wellbeing

Master thesis (2022)

Authors

A.S. Jadhav Industrial Design Engineering

Contributors

Erik Tempelman Materials and Manufacturing (mentor)
Martin Verwaal Technical Support (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Industrial Design Engineering, Industrial Design Engineering
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Published Date

08-03-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Abstract

Morphing Matter is a soft-robotic material with a bit of a personality. When applied to the seated context, it can sense posture and simply nudge the user in the right direction by providing support through the contact surface. This project focuses on developing a scalable soft robotic material with programmable behaviour. The project is aimed at creating a tool for the exploration of how dynamic seating can be designed to trigger behavioural change for health and wellbeing. This highlights a quality that we can expect most materials of the future to demand: the ability to be dynamic! With

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