Cubimorph: Designing modular interactive devices

Anne Roudaut; Diana K Krusteva; M. McCoy; A. Karnik; K. Ramani; Sriram Subramanian

doi:10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487508

Cubimorph: Designing modular interactive devices

Anne Roudaut, Diana K Krusteva, M. McCoy, A. Karnik, K. Ramani, Sriram Subramanian

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Abstract

We introduce Cubimorph, a modular interactive device that accommodates touchscreens on each of the six module faces, and that uses a hinge-mounted turntable mechanism to self-reconfigure in the user's hand. Cubimorph contributes toward the vision of programmable matter where interactive devices reconfigure in any shape that can be made out of a chain of cubes in order to fit a myriad of functionalities, e.g. a mobile phone shifting into a console when a user launches a game. We present a design rationale that exposes user requirements to consider when designing homogeneous modular interactive devices. We present our Cubimorph mechanical design, three prototypes demonstrating key aspects (turntable hinges, embedded touchscreens and miniaturization), and an adaptation of the probabilistic roadmap algorithm for the reconfiguration.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA16)
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of a meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden, 16-21 May 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	3339-3345
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467380263
ISBN (Print)	9781509040605
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487508
Publication status	Published - Aug 2016
Event	2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 16 May 2016 → 21 May 2016

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Conference	2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Country	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	16/05/16 → 21/05/16

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- Department of Computer Science - Associate Professor in Human-Computer Interaction
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Roudaut, A., Krusteva, D. K., McCoy, M., Karnik, A., Ramani, K., & Subramanian, S. (2016). Cubimorph: Designing modular interactive devices. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA16): Proceedings of a meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden, 16-21 May 2016 (pp. 3339-3345). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487508

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Roudaut, A, Krusteva, DK, McCoy, M, Karnik, A, Ramani, K & Subramanian, S 2016, Cubimorph: Designing modular interactive devices. in 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA16): Proceedings of a meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden, 16-21 May 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 3339-3345, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Stockholm, Sweden, 16/05/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487508

Cubimorph : Designing modular interactive devices. / Roudaut, Anne; Krusteva, Diana K; McCoy, M.; Karnik, A.; Ramani, K.; Subramanian, Sriram.

2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA16): Proceedings of a meeting held in Stockholm, Sweden, 16-21 May 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016. p. 3339-3345.

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