Like a Wire Bender, But For Pop Tubes

- Title: Like a Wire Bender, But For Pop Tubes Description: PopTuber from UChicago’s Actuated Experience Lab turns corrugated pop tubes into programmable matter! Five motors and specialized gears shape arbitrary 3D curves on demand, then reset instantly. Unlike origami methods that bake transformations into materials, this hardware approach offers dynamic, reconfigurable physical interfaces. It’s scalable, efficient, and perfect for rapid prototyping or oddball UIs. Think of it as a wire-bender for soft robotics, but with infinite reset capability. A brilliant step toward tangible AI automation and adaptive hardware. #Robotics #Automation #Hardware