Robotic Tailoring
July 19th, 2006

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…

Robotic Nation

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