6 papers
Reconfigurable Structural Robotic Assembly: Interlocking 3D Aggregations with Self-Aligning Compound Nested Lattice Modules
Alexander Htet Kyaw, Miana Smith, Paul Richard +1
Robotic construction systems often treat the material system and the robot as separate design problems, locating intelligence primarily in hardware, sensing, motion planning, and c…
Critical Activation Voltage for Phonon-Mediated Field-Driven Phenomena
Ric Fulop, Neil Gershenfeld
Field-driven phenomena, from flash sintering to electromigration, exhibit threshold fields spanning six orders of magnitude. We show their product with the onset activation coheren…
Hierarchical Discrete Lattice Assembly: An Approach for the Digital Fabrication of Scalable Macroscale Structures
Miana Smith, Paul Arthur Richard, Alexander Htet Kyaw +1
Although digital fabrication processes at the desktop scale have become proficient and prolific, systems aimed at producing larger-scale structures are still typically complex, exp…
MechStyle: Augmenting Generative AI with Mechanical Simulation to Create Stylized and Structurally Viable 3D Models
Faraz Faruqi, Amira Abdel-Rahman, Leandra Tejedor +7
Recent developments in Generative AI enable creators to stylize 3D models based on text prompts. These methods change the 3D model geometry, which can compromise the model's struct…
Speech to Reality: On-Demand Production using Natural Language, 3D Generative AI, and Discrete Robotic Assembly
Alexander Htet Kyaw, Miana Smith, Se Hwan Jeon +1
We present a system that transforms speech into physical objects using 3D generative AI and discrete robotic assembly. By leveraging natural language, the system makes design and m…
Making Physical Objects with Generative AI and Robotic Assembly: Considering Fabrication Constraints, Sustainability, Time, Functionality, and Accessibility
Alexander Htet Kyaw, Se Hwan Jeon, Miana Smith +1
3D generative AI enables rapid and accessible creation of 3D models from text or image inputs. However, translating these outputs into physical objects remains a challenge due to t…