Wang tiles enable combinatorial design and robot-assisted manufacturing of modular mechanical metamaterials

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F23%3A00370098" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/23:00370098 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2023.102087" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2023.102087</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2023.102087" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.eml.2023.102087</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Wang tiles enable combinatorial design and robot-assisted manufacturing of modular mechanical metamaterials

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In this paper, we introduce a novel design paradigm for modular architectured materials that allows for spatially nonuniform designs from a handful of building blocks, which can be robotically assembled for efficient and scalable production. The traditional, design-limiting periodicity in material design is overcome by utilizing Wang tiles to achieve compatibility among building blocks. We illustrate our approach with the design and manufacturing of an L-shaped domain inspired by a scissor-like soft gripper, whose internal module distribution was optimized to achieve an extreme tilt of a tip of the gripper's jaw when the handle part was uniformly compressed. The geometry of individual modules was built on a 3 x 3 grid of elliptical holes with varying semi-axes ratios and alternating orientations. We optimized the distribution of the modules within the L-shaped domain using an enumeration approach combined with a factorial search strategy. To address the challenge of seamless interface connections in modular manufacturing, we produced the final designs by casting silicone rubber into modular molds automatically assembled by a robotic arm. The predicted performance was validated experimentally using a custom-built, open-hardware test rig, Thymos, supplemented with digital image correlation measurements. Our study demonstrates the potential for enhancing the mechanical performance of architectured materials by incorporating nonuniform modular designs and efficient robot-assisted manufacturing.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Wang tiles enable combinatorial design and robot-assisted manufacturing of modular mechanical metamaterials

Popis výsledku anglicky

In this paper, we introduce a novel design paradigm for modular architectured materials that allows for spatially nonuniform designs from a handful of building blocks, which can be robotically assembled for efficient and scalable production. The traditional, design-limiting periodicity in material design is overcome by utilizing Wang tiles to achieve compatibility among building blocks. We illustrate our approach with the design and manufacturing of an L-shaped domain inspired by a scissor-like soft gripper, whose internal module distribution was optimized to achieve an extreme tilt of a tip of the gripper's jaw when the handle part was uniformly compressed. The geometry of individual modules was built on a 3 x 3 grid of elliptical holes with varying semi-axes ratios and alternating orientations. We optimized the distribution of the modules within the L-shaped domain using an enumeration approach combined with a factorial search strategy. To address the challenge of seamless interface connections in modular manufacturing, we produced the final designs by casting silicone rubber into modular molds automatically assembled by a robotic arm. The predicted performance was validated experimentally using a custom-built, open-hardware test rig, Thymos, supplemented with digital image correlation measurements. Our study demonstrates the potential for enhancing the mechanical performance of architectured materials by incorporating nonuniform modular designs and efficient robot-assisted manufacturing.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

20501 - Materials engineering

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GX19-26143X" target="_blank" >GX19-26143X: Neperiodické materiály vykazující strukturované deformace: Modulární návrh a výroba</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Extreme Mechanics Letters

ISSN

2352-4316

e-ISSN

2352-4316

Svazek periodika

64

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

102087

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

001102576600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85175095946