Automatics: Dynamically Generating Fabrication Tasks to Adapt to Varying Contexts
summary
Automatics is a tablet-based system that generates per-maker fabrication steps from an AND/OR task-space with groups and subdivisions, divides work across tablets using heuristics like tool-continuation and component-similarity, and supports live recovery by model regeneration and automated disassembly. A custom tool-alternatives database lets it substitute or forfeit tools; fabrication operations cover painting and sanding. In a 25-minute per-condition study with six individuals and three pairs making a jewelry box and ball-launcher, all but one pair finish more tasks, make fewer sequence errors, and report less frustration.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:17Makers
- 0:49Explicit Knowledge
- 1:43Existing Work
- 2:24Assembly Tasks
- 2:43Automatics
- 9:16Error Recovery Example
- 9:58Tools Unavailable Example
- 10:32Tools Fitting Example
- 10:54Fabrication Operations
- 11:46Custom Tools
- 12:12Constraint
- 13:52Questions
