CrochetMatic
A personal fabrication system that crochets a coarse model of a 3D geometry
Interactive Designer, Research Assistant
January 2019 - Present
1 professor, 1 mentor, undergraduate research assistants
Arduino, Fusion 360, Repetier Host,
Laser cutting, 3D printing
Overview
CrochetMatic is a personal fabrication system that crochets a coarse model of a 3D geometry.
The system requires the following software tools easily and freely available on common operating systems:
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Arduino IDE for programming the firmware running on both the RAMPS Board and the Teensy.
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Fusion 360 for modeling and modifying CAD files. Note that some available legacy components were designed in SolidWorks which is only available on windows computers and requires a license. The documentation includes a pointer to the Google Cloud directory in which the .stl, .dxf, and .pdf files that are needed for fabrication are hosted.
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Repetier Host for communicating with the RAMPS board through G-Code instructions and executing the generated commands for knitting.
My role includes designing hardware assets, defining knits, setting up physical prototype and calibration.
Process
