Year: 2016   Location: Bristol, UK

Built for a public engagement study in association with Kings College London’s Cardiac Researchers. A stylised soft robotic actuated heart which beats in time with biometric data being gathered from a member of the public. Allowing them to hold a representation of their own heart, beating along with them.

Background

Experiments were carried out with various materials, actuators and mechanisms to find the technology that best represent the visual and tactile behaviours of a heart muscle as it beats. Air muscles were choosen, with an array of them being cast into a silicone multi chambered heart.