Metaboa
status: Prototypes, CAD, user poll

This project got second place in a competition for
futuristic working gear by Metabo. It is a free form
sander, specially constructed to sand cars or other curved
surfaces.

The form is inspired by the bionics of a stingray, a master
of ground-adjustment.		 Display

Precision means control
The Display visualises the hidden
surface-structure in real time
Groundcontrol

in the picture above, the pressure sensitive
foil recognizes the engraved word
“metabo” due to pressure differences.