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Edible Soft Robotics:An Exploration of Candy as an Engineered Material
Kari Loveof Super-Releaser and NYC Resistor
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Identify Project/Value
Proposition
● What do you want to make?● Why is this worth doing?
○ Quad Chart○ Heilmeier Questions○ ?
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Candy Soft RobotKari Love, Super-Releaser
Innovation
● Entirely edible soft robot● Control system doesn’t impede eating● Candy sweetness novelty for maximum
enjoyment
Technical Approach
● Evaluate engineering potential of various homemade and store bought candies
● Identify design patterns for candy actuators● Document design exploration process as well
as final how-to
Potential Benefits
● Can be Soft Robotics book content● Highest form of interactivity
○ Engages all 5 senses○ Becomes part of the user
● Attractive entry point for experimenting on emerging technology
● Interdisciplinary● Blurs the line between work and play
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History and State-of-the-Art
● Is someone already doing this work?
● What is the historical context?
● What are related fields?● Don’t reinvent the wheel!
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Soft Robotics:
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Molecular Gastronomy:
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MIT CSAIL, Sheffield University, & Tokyo Institute of Technology:Ingestible Origami Robot
“We spent a lot of time at Asian markets and the Chinatown market looking for materials.”
The researchers tested about a dozen different possibilities for the structural material before settling on the type of dried pig intestine used in sausage casings.
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Carnegie Mellon Bettinger Group:Edible Battery
"I have eaten one of my batteries and I'm still fine — I'd be fine eating my battery every single day of my life!”
The battery is made from cuttlefish ink extracts and could be used to power pacemakers, neurostimulators, devices to deliver drugs at a specific time, ingestible cameras and glucose monitors.
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Minsu Kim:Living Food
“In this respect I propose a future dining experience where food takes a life-form for aesthetic gastronomy. In a material way, I experimented which kinds of impressions could be designed into life-like food and how it would shape our dining experience.”
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Ariel Cotton:Lady Godiva
“Upon learning that silver leaf is both edible and conductive, I decided to experiment with it. I created molds of nude women out of chocolate, and sandwiched the silver leaf in between the two halves of each female figure. I adhered wires to the silver leaf in a circuit configuration such that when the chocolates are bitten into, the circuit is broken.”
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Robo250, Carnegie Mellon, Maya & The Mattress Factory:
“Cucumbers turned out to be a very promising and entirely organic robotic substrate. We attribute the success of cucumber-based robotics to the strong exosurface and self-lubricating properties of the garden variety seedless cucumber.”
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Consult With Experts
● If no one has done this before, who counts as an “expert?”
● Broader is better than narrower
● The synthesis of ideas across fields is key
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Matthew Borgatti - Soft Roboticist
“Part of our soft robotics agenda
is to be awesome.”
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Tim Rodriguez - Polymath Trained in Food Science
“To move from candy to
vegetables is to move from the
molecular-level to the
cellular-level.”
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Liz Hara - Pro Puppet Builder and Candy Enthusiast
“I can tell you that stabbing licorice
into a hot dog does not make for a durable
puppet.”
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Definite Project Specifications
● How will you evaluate your materials and iterations?
● How will you know when you’re done?
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Edible Soft Robot Specs
● Eat the whole robot (up to computer control)● Easy to reproduce● Elicit an emotional response (joy or disgust)● Baseline flavor standard (not just technically
edible)● Durable enough to make the day before● No need for long-term stability
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Materials Exploration
● Survey possible materials● Touch & Compare● Analyze material properties● Begin generating unedited
list of potential applications● Play!
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Gelling, particularly of hydrocolloids, is a foundational problem of molecular
gastronomy!
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Hydrocolloid materials:Pectin, Gelatin, Gellan, Carageenan
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#1 Pectin:Can form a stiff, but brittle gel
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#2 Burned GelatinMakes horror smells… it is made of
skin and hooves after all.
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# 3 Gelatin:Too much gelatin in the recipe produces durable/tough elastic material that tastes like skin.
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#4 Jello brand Gelatin:Good compromise between flavor, ease of handling, and flavor.
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#5 Gellan (high acyl):Extremely elastic, also very tender and soft
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#6 Jello brand Gelatin (reduced gelatin recipe):Very similar in texture/elasticity to Smooth-On silcone
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#7 “Haribo” Recipe (sheet gelatin, subbed sugars, added acid): Delicious! Most promising in terms of flavor, and seems possible to adjust amounts to alter physical properties.
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Planned testing for assessment of homemade edible gels● Durometer● Elasticity● Flexibility● Durability
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Store-bought Materials
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American Smarties (XL), Necco wafer, Chewy Sweet Tart:Electric drill for hybrid robotics (soft/hard together)
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American Smarties (XL), Necco wafer, Chewy Sweet Tart:Clean and durable holes in a variety of sizes.
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Pop Rocks:Does not provide significant chemical reaction(aka a negative result is also a result)
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Gummi Cola (Haribo): Microwavable or other heating methods
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Fruit Leather:Air tight and provides moderately effective self-seal
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Dried Mango and Red Vines (licorice):Great performance for pulling strength, retaining knots, and flexibility.
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Red Vines (licorice):Excellent source of airtight tubing, also has good flex properties
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1st Iteration:Wide Field
● One rapid iteration each of ALL promising materials
● Quantify and Assess across the field
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Planned approaches to actuation for 1st round iteration: ● Cable controlled● Pneumatic● Hydraulic● Chemical Reaction
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Cable:(Kind of) WorkingCandyActuator!
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Lubricants:
● Oil creates a sticky gummy surface○ Oops! Sugar dissolves in
moisture○ Water and juice would face
similar problems● Corn Starch
○ Creates paste with cycling● Confectioner’s Sugar
○ Most promising, need further tests
Cable controlled: Assessments/Conclusions
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2nd Iteration: Narrowed Field
● One rapid iteration each of most promising materials
● Quantify and Assess across the field
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2nd Iteration: Narrowed Field
● One rapid iteration each of most promising materials
● Quantify and Assess across the fieldTBD
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Repeat Iterations Until Specifications
Met
● Specs met?○ No - Assess and Iterate!○ Yes - Finished!
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Repeat Iterations Until Specifications
Met
● Specs met?○ No - Assess and Iterate!○ Yes - Finished!TBD
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Process for Working on Emerging Technology
Identify Project & Value Proposition● What is it?● Why is it worth your
time?
Consult Experts● Who counts as an
expert?● Go Broad and Deep● Interdisciplinary is
the most fruitful
Define Specs● Testing &
Evaluation Criteria● How will you know
when you’re done?
Materials Exploration● Survey possible materials● Touch & Analyze● Generate unedited list of
possible solutions● Play!
History & State-of-the-Art● Who is already doing
the work?● Related Fields● Don’t Reinvent the
Wheel
Narrowing Pathways Through Iteration● 1st: Broad Field● 2nd: Narrowed Field● 3rd: Iterate Single
Design Until Specs Met
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Final thoughts...● Design thinking or other known processes yield
effective pathways through the unknown● Focus on emerging fields wherever you find them!
○ exciting problems and interesting opportunities● Reach out if you want to share or collaborate on edible
robotics○ Chemistry○ Control systems for soft actuators○ You tell me?!
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Contact
Kari Love@ikyotochankari@superreleaser.comwww.superreleaser.comwww.karimakes.com
My other hats:Soft RoboticsSpace SuitsCostumesPuppets