From Nov. 30, until Dec. 03, 2012 Ben Haworth led a workshop at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. The workshop was based around fabrication methods for the development of soft robotic actuators initially outlined by the Whitesides research group (Harvard). This particular method was the central focus for his research thesis on the AAC Adaptive Architecture and Computation MSc that he completed earlier in the year.
The aim of the workshop was to introduce new people to the field of soft robotics with a view to developing new perspectives. In Particular subjects explored were: Scalability, Robustness, Luminesence and Fluid actuation as an alternative to compressed air.
Participants: Ben Haworth (Bartlett School of Architecture), Ruairi Glynn (Bartlett), Manuel Kretzer (ETH/CAAD), Marcel Finke and Roman Kirschner (Liquid Things), Anita Peretti, Solmaz Farhang, Isidora Krstic, Alin Cirstea, Kostas Politis
