Robotic Needle Felting – ACSA-Arch

https://www.acsa-arch.org/chapter/robotic-needle-felting/ abgerufen: 17.09.2025 Download Paper View Proceedings Author(s): Tsz Ng, Wes McGee & Asa Peller Robotic Needle Felting explores the development of an additive manufacturing technique for nonwoven textiles. Nonwoven textiles, such as felt, can be natural materials (wool), synthetic polymers (polyester), or blends of the two. These textiles have numerous performative aspects for architectural […]
Hard + Soft Robotic Needle Felting for Nonwoven Textiles

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_15 abgerufen: 17.09.2025 publiziert: 01.01.2019 Abstract This project explores the development of an additive manufacturing technique for nonwoven textiles. Nonwoven textiles, based on natural materials, synthetic polymers, or blends of the two, have numerous performative aspects, including excellent acoustic absorption, thermal insulation, and tactile characteristics. Felt is a typical example of a nonwoven material, and […]
3D printing meets felt in new additive manufacturing technique

https://www.dezeen.com/2019/09/12/robotic-needle-felting-taubman-college-design/ abgerufen: 26.11.2025 Rima Sabina Aouf | 12 September 2019 Acoustic panels and other architectural elements can be made in complex 3D forms using a robotic needle felting process developed by researchers at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning in the US. Wes McGee, Tsz Yan Ng and Asa Peller liken their process […]
Printing Teddy Bears A Technique for 3D Printing of Soft Interactive Objects

https://la.disneyresearch.com/publication/printing-teddy-bears-a-technique-for-3d-printing-of-soft-interactive-objects abgerufen: 17.12.2025 Abstract This paper considers the design, construction, and example use of a new type of 3D printer which fabricates three-dimensional objects from soft fibers (wool and wool blend yarn). This printer allows the substantial advantages of additive manufacturing techniques (including rapid turn-around prototyping of physical objects and support for high levels of […]
Robotic Felting – Virginia Tech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgWpXy3oG2I&t=12s abgerufen: 17.09.2024 publiziert: 28.08.2024 This project aims to conduct initial research into the development of a new additive manufacturing process able to create structures with integrated rigid regions and a textile (felt). The process will use low-grade recycled materials, thereby making the process eco-friendly. The resulting structures will enable artists, designers, architects, and engineers […]
Building with Sheep Wool

https://www.riseint.org/building-with-sheep-wool/ abgerufen: 27.04.2026 Desk Research & Primary Findings 1. Background 1.1. Overview of Wool Baumgartner (2021) explains that Lesotho has a rich history and tradition in its wool industry, with high-quality wool produced by the nation’s sheep since the 1800s. The industry has a well-established network that connects local producers with brokers in South Africa […]
ACDCC Robotic Needle Felting

Tabman ACDCC abgerufen: 17.09.2025 2017 – Present Robotic Needle Felting is a novel additive manufacturing technique for nonwoven textiles. Needle felting, traditionally done by hand with a barbed needle, is a technique whereby fibers of the textile are meshed and entangled when punched together. This process is seamless and does… Robotic Needle Felting is a […]

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Robotic Needle Felting – ACSA-Arch

https://www.acsa-arch.org/chapter/robotic-needle-felting/

abgerufen: 17.09.2025

107th ACSA Annual Meeting Proceedings, Black Box

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Author(s): Tsz Ng, Wes McGee & Asa Peller

Robotic Needle Felting explores the development of an additive manufacturing technique for nonwoven textiles. Nonwoven textiles, such as felt, can be natural materials (wool), synthetic polymers (polyester), or blends of the two. These textiles have numerous performative aspects for architectural applications including excellent acoustic absorption, thermal insulation, and tactile characteristics. The nonwoven textiles can be manipulated by a process called needle felting – whereby barbed needles, when punching through layers of material, entangle the fibers together making it a uniform material. This process binds the material together seamlessly without the addition of sewn thread or toxic adhesives, making this technique a more environmentally friendly process.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.107.74

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Amy Kulper, Grace La & Jeremy Ficca

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978-1-944214-21-0

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