Project Description
Cushion is a Grasshopper plugin to make SOFA more approachable and part of the soft robotic design process.
Model a soft-robot using the parametric and algorithmic tools offered by Grasshopper: define a deformable body, drive it with pneumatic cavities or tendons, and set an actuation protocol. Cushion then meshes the geometry, runs the SOFA soft-body simulation, and brings the results back onto the canvas. Authors have been using this workflow in our recent works to have fast iterations before trial-and-error printing, and it’s great to see it formalized as a plugin.
Free and open source, available now on food4Rhino and GitHub. Download it, try the examples, and I look forward to seeing how people use it.
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