The increasing popularity of 3D printing for manufacturing all kinds of products, from personalized medical devices to economical homes, has generated additional demand for new 3D printing materials engineered for very specific applications.
The growing popularity of 3D printing for manufacturing all sorts of items, from customized medical devices to affordable homes, has created more demand
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MIT-Developed System Optimizes the Shape of Robots
Written by AZoRoboticsDec 1 2020
So, you need a robot that climbs stairs. What shape should that robot be? Should it have two legs, like a person? Or six, like an ant?
Choosing the right shape will be vital for your robot's ability to traverse a particular terrain. And it's impossible to build and test every potential form. But now an MIT-developed system makes it possible to simulate them and determine which design works best.
You start by telling the system, called RoboGrammar, which robot parts are lying around your shop -- wheels, joints, etc. You also tell it what terrain your robot will need to navigate. And RoboGrammar does the rest, generating an optimized structure and control program for your robot.