The Economist reports on the LeapFrog project that seeks to bring about Automated Tailoring:
One of Leapfrog’s most important tasks is to find ways of grasping and manipulating fabric without damaging it…
An number of methods are being pursued
…The first is straightforward: vacuum suction pads. The other two are more unusual. One employs a thermoelectric phenomenon, called the Peltier effect, to cool the graspers handling the cloth (and thus the cloth itself) well below zero by passing current through them…
The Economist reports on the LeapFrog project that seeks to bring about Automated Tailoring:
One of Leapfrog’s most important tasks is to find ways of grasping and manipulating fabric without damaging it…
An number of methods are being pursued
…The first is straightforward: vacuum suction pads. The other two are more unusual. One employs a thermoelectric phenomenon, called [...]
