Designing continuous equilibrium structures that counteract gravity in any orientation.

ABSTRACT: This paper presents a framework that can transform reconfigurable structures into systems with continuous equilibrium. The method involves adding optimized springs that counteract gravity to achieve a system with a nearly flat potential energy curve. The resulting structures can move or reconfigure effortlessly through their kinematic paths and remain stable in all configurations. Remarkably, our framework can design systems that maintain continuous equilibrium during reorientation, so that a system maintains a nearly flat potential energy curve even when it is rotated with respect to a global reference frame. This ability to reorient while maintaining continuous equilibrium greatly enhances the versatility of deployable and reconfigurable structures by ensuring they remain efficient and s

SUBMITTER: Redoutey M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10192317 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature