Related papers: MiGumi: Making Tightly Coupled Integral Joints Mil…
In this article, a novel explicit approach for designing complex thin-walled structures based on the Moving Morphable Component (MMC) method is proposed, which provides a unified framework to systematically address various design issues,…
In this work, we present a general, efficient, and provably robust representation for intrinsic triangulations. These triangulations have emerged as a powerful tool for robust geometry processing of surface meshes, taking a low-quality mesh…
Making cut generating functions (CGFs) computationally viable is a central question in modern integer programming research. One would like to find CGFs that are simultaneously good, i.e., there are good guarantees for the cutting planes…
Industrial robots are commonly used in various industries due to their flexibility. However, their adoption for machining tasks is minimal because of the low dynamic stiffness characteristic of serial kinematic chains. To overcome this…
Robotic grinding is widely used for shaping workpieces in manufacturing, but it remains difficult to automate this process efficiently. In particular, efficiently grinding workpieces of different shapes and material hardness is challenging…
Electron tomography is a powerful tool for understanding the morphology of materials in three dimensions, but conventional reconstruction algorithms typically suffer from missing-wedge artifacts and data misalignment imposed by experimental…
Joint reconstruction has recently attracted a lot of attention, especially in the field of medical multi-modality imaging such as PET-MRI. Most of the developed methods rely on the comparison of image gradients, or more precisely their…
In the domain of geometry and topology optimization, discovering geometries that optimally satisfy specific problem criteria is a complex challenge in both engineering and scientific research. In this work, we propose a new approach for the…
Creating custom artifacts with computer numerical control (CNC) milling machines typically requires mastery of complex computer-aided design (CAD) software. To eliminate this user barrier, we introduced Draw2Cut, a novel system that allows…
This paper explores the production of a specified object using a combination of machining processes, including milling, shaping, and drilling, while emphasizing the critical role of fixture design in ensuring precision repeatability, and…
Multi-material problems often exhibit complex geometries along with physical responses presenting large spatial gradients or discontinuities. In these cases, providing high-quality body-fitted finite element analysis meshes and obtaining…
Shape assembly composes complex shapes geometries by arranging simple part geometries and has wide applications in autonomous robotic assembly and CAD modeling. Existing works focus on geometry reasoning and neglect the actual physical…
Achieving tight bounding boxes of a shape while guaranteeing complete boundness is an essential task for efficient geometric operations and unsupervised semantic part detection. But previous methods fail to achieve both full coverage and…
This paper introduces a novel underactuated geometric compliant (UGC) robot and investigates the behaviors of underactuated compliant modules with variable radial stiffness, aiming to enhance the versatility and functionality of UGC robots.…
This paper presents an explainable machine learning (ML) approach for predicting surface roughness in milling. Utilizing a dataset from milling aluminum alloy 2017A, the study employs random forest regression models and feature importance…
Bolted joints are critical in engineering for maintaining structural integrity and reliability. Accurate prediction of parameters influencing their function and behavior is essential for optimal performance. Traditional methods often fail…
Inverse design of high-resolution and fine-detailed 3D lightweight mechanical structures is notoriously expensive due to the need for vast computational resources and the use of very fine-scaled complex meshes. Furthermore, in designing for…
Targeting simulations on parallel hardware architectures, this paper presents computational kernels for efficient computations in mortar finite element methods. Mortar methods enable a variationally consistent imposition of coupling…
Conformal Geometric Algebra (CGA) is a framework that allows the representation of objects, such as points, planes and spheres, and deformations, such as translations, rotations and dilations as uniform vectors, called multivectors. In this…
Despite recent progress, recovering parametric CAD construction sequences from geometric input, such as meshes or point clouds, is a key challenge for design and manufacturing, as existing CAD reconstruction and generation methods are…