. . . a. O...O~...*..I.~..rrlr.r.,..........~.~~~~~~b~...~.~~~*.~*.~~*~~~*.~.~~~~~~.~~8~b#~~*M~906~*~ “Hyper-redundant” manipulators have a very large number of actuatable degrees of freedom. The benefits of hyper-redundant robots include the ability to avaoid obstacles, increased robustness with respect to mechanical failure, and the ability to perform new forms of robot locomotion and graspin...

This paper develops the concept of a contour of complete nonuniqueness and shows its application to the optimal design (optimal layout) of simple trusses transmitting a concentrated force to a presscribed, arbitrary foundation contour. As an example, a symmetric two-bar truss with compressed bars is considered, and the constraints refer to various kinds of elastic instability of the system.

A method that exploits machine learning to aid modification-based computational design synthesis is presented. The algorithm makes use of statistical inference to identify appropriate modification strategies that guide the selection of modifications to develop a design solution. The procedure is especially suited to computational design tasks that cannot be easily formulated for standard algori...

Reusing structural components has potential to reduce environmental impacts of building structures because it reduces new material use, energy consumption, and waste. When designing through reuse, available element characteristics become a design input. This paper presents computational workflow made reused elements. The combines Combinatorial Equilibrium Modeling, efficient Best-Fit heuristics...