Tools    

2017 –

Cambridge, MA

Realized as part of research conducted in the Mediated Matter Group at MIT Media Lab ︎

Along the research process that culminated with the Silk Pavilion, various tools were designed and produced. Each had to perform a different task to work with fabrication systems and the silkworms. 

Here is a selection of these tools.

Research Team ︎
João Costa, Christoph Bader︎ , Sunanda Sharma︎, Felix Kraemer︎, Susan Williams︎, Jean Disset︎ and Neri Oxman ︎
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End Effectors for thread deposition ︎

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