Designing a library of affective touches

May 31, 2025 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM GMT+1 , Room 3 Add to Calendar

During the workshop, we invite participants to co-create soft robotics touch patterns, thinking about the texture, the placement on the body, the rhythm, and the strength. Each group of participants create their own touches, using inflatable pads and a hardware created for controlling them, the groups decide how they want the pad to be, maybe a soft layer of fabric, or nails, to create an alarming touch. After, we save those touches into a touch library, that allows other users to access and test this collection of touches that we are co-creating together.

Henrique Sambi

Henrique Sambi is an interactive designer Currently pursuing a master’s degree at KTH, Henrique is exploring technologies that interact closely with our bodies.

Caroline Yan Zheng

Caroline Yan Zheng is a designer and researcher currently a Digital Futures postdoc fellow at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.