SHAPE-SHIFTING A CONFIGURATION OF REUSABLE ELEMENTS

摘要

A system having at least a first, a second and a third three-dimensional element, each element including a centre point in the element, and a face with a motion-guiding module, coupled to the centre point and defining a trajectory over the element, a motion module, adapted for displacing the centre point with respect to a second centre point of one of the other elements using the motion-guiding module of that other element, a motion-restriction module, adapted for limiting the displacement of the centre point with respect to the second centre point to at least one trajectory selected from the group which includes the trajectory and a second trajectory of the other element.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
at least a first element, a second element and a third element, and a motion module, said first element, said second element and said third element being three-dimensional and includes:
a centre point in said element;at least one face coupled to said centre point and which includes a motion-guiding module, defining a trajectory over at least part of said face; and a motion-restriction module, adapted for limiting the displacement of said centre point with respect to said centre point of one of the other elements to at least one trajectory selected from the group consisting of said trajectory and said trajectory of said other element, when interacting with said motion module, wherein said motion module is adapted to be coupled to a face of one of said elements, and adapted for displacing said centre point of said one element with respect to said centre point of one of the other elements when interacting with the motion-guiding module of said one of the other elements, said motion-guiding module, said motion module and said motion-restriction module defining different module types, wherein for displacing said centre point of said first element away from said centre point of said second element and towards said centre point of said third element, a first face of said at least one face of said first element faces at least one of a second face of said at least one face of said second element and a third face of said at least one face of said third element, thus providing facing faces, and wherein for displacing said centre point: said motion module interacts with at least one motion-guiding module, and with at least one motion-restriction module, with said facing faces providing said interacting modules while displacing; at least one module of said first face interacts with at least one module of at least one different module type of at least one other of said facing faces while displacing; and said at least one module of said first face interacts with at least one module of a different module type of said second face and at least one module of a different module type of said third face.