Publications
Print&Fold: Printing and Folding Shape-accurate 3D Models
Archit Kumar, Zachary Grimm, Mingsheng Xu, Shlok Rathi, Martin Nisser.
In Proceedings of ACM UIST 2026. [To appear]
InstructMesh: Selective Refinement of Generative 3D Models for Fabrication
Faraz Faruqi, Ahmed Katary, Demircan Tas, Theresa Hradilak, Ning Zhang, Jiaji Li, Fabian Manhardt, Martin Nisser, Vrushank Phadnis, Ruofei Du, Federico Tombari, Megan Hofmann, Stefanie Mueller
In Proceedings of ACM UIST 2026. [To appear]
Vis2Touch: Perceptually Grounded 3D Printing of Visual Art With AI-Driven Depth and Texture Estimation
Faraz Faruqi, Azfar Sulaiman, Joshua Yin, Donald Degraen, Martin Nisser
Transactions on Haptics 2026.
Remote Disassembly of Electronics-free Modular Structures
Xinyi Yang, Martin Nisser, Victor Riera Naranjo, Weijian Qian, Christos E. Athanasiou, Bolei Deng
Nature Communications 2026.
3D Printing of Passively Actuated Self-Folding Robots with Integrated Functional Modules
Gaolin Ge, Qifeng Yang, Haoran Lu, Tingyu Cheng, Martin Nisser and Yiyue Luo
In Proceedings of IEEE ICRA 2026.
WireBend-kit: A Computational Design and Fabrication Toolkit for Wirebending Custom 3D Wireframe Structures
Faraz Faruqi, Josha Paonaskar, Riley Schuler, Aiden Prevey, Carson Taylor, Anika Tak, Anthony Guinto, Eeshani Shilamkar, Natarith Cheenaruenthong, Martin Nisser
In Proceedings of ACM SCF 2025.
MechStyle: Augmenting Generative AI with Mechanical Simulation to Create Stylized and Structurally Viable 3D Models
Faraz Faruqi, Amira Abdel Rahman, Leandra Tejedor, Martin Nisser, Jiaji Li, Vrushank Phadnis, Varun Jampani, Neil Gershenfeld, Megan Hofmann, Stefanie Mueller
In Proceedings of ACM SCF 2025.
Text2Texture: Generating 3D-Printed Models with Textures based on Text and Image Prompts
Joshua Yin, Faraz Faruqi, Martin Nisser
In Adjunct Proceedings of ACM UIST 2025.
FabRobotics: Fusing 3D Printing with Mobile Robots to Advance Fabrication, Robotics, and Interaction
Ramarko Bhattacharya, Jonathan Lindstrom, Ahmad Taka, Martin Nisser, Stefanie Mueller, Ken Nakagaki.
In Proceedings of ACM TEI 2024.
PullupStructs: Digital Fabrication for Folding Structures via Pull-up Nets
Lauren Niu, Xinyi Yang, Martin Nisser, Stefanie Mueller.
In Proceedings of ACM TEI Works in Progress 2023.
An Approach Based on Particle Swarm Optimization for Inspection of Spacecraft Hulls by a Swarm of Miniaturized Robots
Bahar Haghighat, Johannes Boghaert, Zev Minsky-Primus, Julia Ebert, Fangzheng Liu, Martin Nisser, Ariel Ekblaw, Radhika Nagpal.
In Proceedings of ANTS 2022.
Mixels: Fabricating Interfaces using Programmable Magnetic Pixels
Martin Nisser, Yashaswini Makaram, Lucian Covarrubias, Amadou Bah, Faraz Faruqi, Ryo Suzuki, Stefanie Mueller.
In Proceedings of ACM UIST 2022.
Selective Self-Assembly using Re-Programmable Magnetic Pixels
Martin Nisser, Yashaswini Makaram, Faraz Faruqi, Ryo Suzuki, Stefanie Mueller.
In Proceedings of IEEE IROS 2022.
ElectroVoxel: Electromagnetically Actuated Pivoting for Scalable Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots
Martin Nisser, Leon Cheng, Yashaswini Makaram, Ryo Suzuki, Stefanie Mueller.
In Proceedings of IEEE ICRA 2022.
LaserFactory: An Electromechanical Assembly and Fabrication Platform Integrated with a Laser Cutter to make Functional Devices and Robots
Martin Nisser, Christina Chen Liao, Yuchen Chai, Aradhana Adhikari, Steve Hodges, Stefanie Mueller,
In Proceedings of ACM CHI 2021.
CurveBoards: Integrating Breadboards into Physical Objects to Prototype Function in the Context of Form
Junyi Zhu, Lotta-Gili Blumberg, Yunyi Zhu, Martin Nisser, Ethan Levi Carlson, Xin Wen, Kevin Shum, Jessica Ayeley Quaye, Stefanie Mueller
In Proceedings of ACM CHI 2020.
Sequential Support: 3D Printing Dissolvable Support Material for Time-Dependent Mechanisms
Martin Nisser, Junyi Zhu, Tianye Chen, Katarina Bulovic, Parinya Punpongsanon, Stefanie Mueller
In Proceedings of ACM TEI 2019.
An Electromagnetically Actuated, Self-Reconfigurable Space Structure
Martin Nisser, Andreas Borggraefe and Dario Izzo
In Proceedings of ISTS 2017.
Feedback-Controlled Self-Folding of Autonomous Robot Collectives
Martin Nisser, Sam Felton, Michael T Tolley, Michael Rubenstein, Robert J. Wood,
In Proceedings of IEEE IROS 2016.