philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

skylar TIBBITS: started as a problem solving exploration the surface milling tests began to lead to an eye opening opportunity. we were able to control the 3d surface output as well as detailed, non-uniform, or orthogonal cnc tool paths simply by programming patterns as 2.5 axis curve output. the surfaces were generated based on attractor/repulser codes that manipulate a field of points. tool paths were then generated from the curvature of the surface and undulate independently, responding to the attractor/repulsers.

produced in collaboration with point b design. design team: skylar TIBBITS, brandon KRUSYMAN and jon PROTO.

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cambridge MASSACHUSETTS

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

skylar TIBBITS: the decibot is part of the larger *bot family of programmable matter 1d folding chains. the *bot family contains electromechanical folding @ nm, mm, cm, dm part lengths. the decibot is the largest of the family with overall dimensions of 144″x18″x18″ unfolded and 36″x36″x36″ folded into a cube.

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