Maker Faire Eindhoven 2023
Soft Circuits Toolkit
Home: Nederland
The Soft Circuits Toolkit allows anyone to prototype fully soft circuits that work on air instead of electricity. These circuits can be used to create soft robots or intelligent devices such as shape-changing wearables. Because these designs are fully soft, and thus safer for humans to interact with, they show great potential in areas such as healthcare and human-robot interaction. The toolkit includes a range of components, including those that you normally find in analog electronics.
https://www.softmodbot.com/
Maker
Katrien van Riet
Katrien van Riet is a designer who is passionate about research, especially in the areas of soft robotics for health and education. She favours an interdisciplinary approach with a strong basis in engineering. Katrien originally comes from a humanities background, holding a master's in Literary Studies from Utrecht University. After having taught English for a number of years, she decided to pursue a new career as a designer, obtaining a master's in Industrial Design from Eindhoven University of Technology. Because of this diverse background, her design practice favours an interdisciplinary approach, combining various fields in engineering with design and education.
What Inspired You to Make This?
I made this project for my graduation project for my master's degree. I was inspired to build a toolkit to introduce other students to soft robotics, and to use the toolkit to teach students about electronics. I really wanted to make a kit that would be fun to use and learn from, and make a topic that might seem intimidating (robotics, electronics) more accessible.
