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_id: '1627'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: We present a computational tool for fabrication-oriented design of flexible
    rod meshes. Given a deformable surface and a set of deformed poses as input, our
    method automatically computes a printable rod mesh that, once manufactured, closely
    matches the input poses under the same boundary conditions. The core of our method
    is formed by an optimization scheme that adjusts the cross-sectional profiles
    of the rods and their rest centerline in order to best approximate the target
    deformations. This approach allows us to locally control the bending and stretching
    resistance of the surface with a single material, yielding high design flexibility
    and low fabrication cost.
acknowledgement: This work was supported in part by grants from the Spanish Ministry
  of Economy (TIN2012-35840), and the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant
  no. 280135 Animetrics).
article_number: '138'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Jesús
  full_name: Pérez, Jesús
  last_name: Pérez
- first_name: Bernhard
  full_name: Thomaszewski, Bernhard
  last_name: Thomaszewski
- first_name: Stelian
  full_name: Coros, Stelian
  last_name: Coros
- first_name: Bernd
  full_name: Bickel, Bernd
  id: 49876194-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Bickel
  orcid: 0000-0001-6511-9385
- first_name: José
  full_name: Canabal, José
  last_name: Canabal
- first_name: Robert
  full_name: Sumner, Robert
  last_name: Sumner
- first_name: Miguel
  full_name: Otaduy, Miguel
  last_name: Otaduy
citation:
  ama: 'Pérez J, Thomaszewski B, Coros S, et al. Design and fabrication of flexible
    rod meshes. In: Vol 34. ACM; 2015. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2766998">10.1145/2766998</a>'
  apa: 'Pérez, J., Thomaszewski, B., Coros, S., Bickel, B., Canabal, J., Sumner, R.,
    &#38; Otaduy, M. (2015). Design and fabrication of flexible rod meshes (Vol. 34).
    Presented at the SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive
    Techniques, Los Angeles, CA, United States: ACM. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2766998">https://doi.org/10.1145/2766998</a>'
  chicago: Pérez, Jesús, Bernhard Thomaszewski, Stelian Coros, Bernd Bickel, José
    Canabal, Robert Sumner, and Miguel Otaduy. “Design and Fabrication of Flexible
    Rod Meshes,” Vol. 34. ACM, 2015. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2766998">https://doi.org/10.1145/2766998</a>.
  ieee: 'J. Pérez <i>et al.</i>, “Design and fabrication of flexible rod meshes,”
    presented at the SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive
    Techniques, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 2015, vol. 34, no. 4.'
  ista: 'Pérez J, Thomaszewski B, Coros S, Bickel B, Canabal J, Sumner R, Otaduy M.
    2015. Design and fabrication of flexible rod meshes. SIGGRAPH: Special Interest
    Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques vol. 34, 138.'
  mla: Pérez, Jesús, et al. <i>Design and Fabrication of Flexible Rod Meshes</i>.
    Vol. 34, no. 4, 138, ACM, 2015, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2766998">10.1145/2766998</a>.
  short: J. Pérez, B. Thomaszewski, S. Coros, B. Bickel, J. Canabal, R. Sumner, M.
    Otaduy, in:, ACM, 2015.
conference:
  end_date: 2015-08-13
  location: Los Angeles, CA, United States
  name: 'SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques'
  start_date: 2015-08-09
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:53:07Z
date_published: 2015-07-27T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-09-23T08:24:55Z
day: '27'
department:
- _id: BeBi
doi: 10.1145/2766998
external_id:
  isi:
  - '000358786600104'
intvolume: '        34'
isi: 1
issue: '4'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '07'
oa_version: None
publication_status: published
publisher: ACM
publist_id: '5530'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Design and fabrication of flexible rod meshes
type: conference
user_id: 317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345
volume: 34
year: '2015'
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