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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2004
Mark Allen, Atlanta, GA (US);
Wayne J. Book, Atlanta, GA (US);
Imme Ebert-uphoff, Roswell, GA (US);
Ari Glezer, Atlanta, GA (US);
David W. Rosen, Marietta, GA (US);
Jaroslaw R. Rossignac, Atlanta, GA (US);
Mark Allen, Atlanta, GA (US);
Wayne J. Book, Atlanta, GA (US);
Imme Ebert-Uphoff, Roswell, GA (US);
Ari Glezer, Atlanta, GA (US);
David W. Rosen, Marietta, GA (US);
Jaroslaw R. Rossignac, Atlanta, GA (US);
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for controlling the surface and/or volume of a digital clay device is provided. One embodiment, among others, is a method comprising the following steps: determining a desired position of a skeleton structure portion residing in the digital clay device, determining a volumetric change of fluid residing in a fluid cell, the determined volumetric change corresponding to the determined desired position of the skeleton structure portion, opening a valve so that the fluid flows through the valve thereby causing the determined volumetric change of the fluid, and adjusting a position of the skeleton structure portion corresponding to the desired position of the skeleton structure portion, the position adjustment caused by a force generated by the fluid cell on the skeleton structure portion when the volume of the fluid cell changes in response to the determined volumetric change of the fluid residing in the fluid cell.