Soft actuators and robots enabled by additive manufacturing

D Wang, J Wang, Z Shen, C Jiang, J Zou… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Soft robotic systems are human friendly and can mimic the complex motions of animals,
which introduces promising potential in various applications, ranging from novel actuation …

Perspective: Machine learning in design for 3D/4D printing

X Sun, K Zhou, F Demoly… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Abstract 3D/4D printing offers significant flexibility in manufacturing complex structures with
a diverse range of mechanical responses, while also posing critical needs in tackling …

A Bayesian experimental autonomous researcher for mechanical design

AE Gongora, B Xu, W Perry, C Okoye, P Riley… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
While additive manufacturing (AM) has facilitated the production of complex structures, it has
also highlighted the immense challenge inherent in identifying the optimum AM structure for …

Design and optimization of conforming lattice structures

J Wu, W Wang, X Gao - IEEE transactions on visualization and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Inspired by natural cellular materials such as trabecular bone, lattice structures have been
developed as a new type of lightweight material. In this paper we present a novel method to …

Multiscale concurrent design and 3D printing of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites with optimized fiber trajectory and topological structure

Y Huang, X Tian, Z Zheng, D Li, AV Malakhov… - Composite …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites (CFRTPCs)
enables the fabrication of multiscale structures, whose features can simultaneously span the …

Design and additive manufacture of functionally graded structures based on digital materials

IF Ituarte, N Boddeti, V Hassani, ML Dunn… - Additive …, 2019 - Elsevier
Voxel-based multimaterial jetting additive manufacturing allows fabrication of digital
materials (DMs) at the meso-scale (∼ 1 mm) by controlling the deposition patterns of soft …

Embedded 3D printing of UV-curable thermosetting composites with continuous fiber

Y Ding, AX Gracego, Y Wang, G Dong, ML Dunn… - Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Extrusion-based 3D printing methods with in-nozzle impregnation mechanisms have been
extensively employed in the fabrication of continuous fiber composites. This study presents …

Optimal design and manufacture of variable stiffness laminated continuous fiber reinforced composites

N Boddeti, Y Tang, K Maute, DW Rosen, ML Dunn - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Advanced manufacturing methods like multi-material additive manufacturing are enabling
realization of multiscale materials with intricate spatially varying microstructures and thus …

[HTML][HTML] Inverse design of structure and fiber orientation by means of topology optimization with tensor field variables

T Nomura, A Kawamoto, T Kondoh, EM Dede… - Composites Part B …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a topology optimization method which is capable of designing both
topology and orientation distribution of anisotropic composite material simultaneously …

Using simulation to accelerate autonomous experimentation: A case study using mechanics

AE Gongora, KL Snapp, E Whiting, P Riley, KG Reyes… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Autonomous experimentation (AE) accelerates research by combining automation and
machine learning to perform experiments intelligently and rapidly in a sequential fashion …