Soft Robotic class

I have taken the class called “soft robotics” taught by Kari Love and found that doing it at home is relaxing to me. That class is really great and funny. I am just sharing some skills I acquired and shows some of my exploration.
Doing silicone casting is interesting. Today’s trial might be a little expensive to do at home.

What I made

Material and cost:

total cost: more than $60

for making the mold for casting

Material	Where to buy	Price	Does ITP have it?
hotglue	amazon link	$15.99	ITP has
white foam board	Can be replaced by cardboard, sulfur-free clay or anything you can think of for making the mold. It has to be sulfur free.		ITP has
cutter	I guess you have them at home		ITP has
pen	I guess you have them at home		ITP has

for silicone casting

Material	Where to buy	Price	Does ITP have it?
scale	a food scale. If you don’t have that will be fine.		ITP don’t have
air pump	anything that can pump air. The one for bycicle also would work but you have to pump gentlely. The one I am using: amazon link		ITP has
smoothon silicone	amazon link	$44.88	ITP has at soft lab
cups	I guess you have them at home		ITP has
an oven	I guess you have it at home. If you don’t. That is OK.		ITP has
one time gloves	I guess you have it at home. I don’t have. So it’s hard for me to clean my hand.		ITP has

How to make it

I apologize for using too much “Then” in the video.

Ending

You can be very creative with silicone and this is just a simple trial I made. I don’t think the foam board is a good choice because it’s edge would not be clear when I cut it. Also it might stick to the silicone and takes me a lot of time to tear it out from the silicone. Hope this tutorial would help!