... optimizing their battery usage, is crucial to unlocking their full potential. This paper addresses this challenge by studying an extension of the rural postman problem with multiple depots and rechargeable and reusable vehicles that can make multiple trips but have limited battery capacity. It presents a new...

... Abstract Control co-design has been shown to be an effective tool for optimizing engineering systems. One characteristic feature of these problems is the presence of design coupling between the plant and controller, and this coupling is one of the key deciding factors when selecting a solution...

.... To generate different architectures, candidate architectures are represented as graphs. From these graphs, dynamic physics models are created automatically using a graph-based thermal modeling framework. Then, an optimal fluid flow distribution problem is solved by addressing temperature constraints...

... that have no design heritage. One promising avenue lies in the analysis of design optimization data, which has the potential to offer valuable insights into unprecedented system design, and to break free from incremental improvements over heritage designs. This paper presents a step toward extracting...

... Abstract Optimization problems in mechanical engineering play a crucial role in refining complex system designs, improving performance, and maximizing efficiency across various applications. These problems have become increasingly complex, stretching the limits of conventional methods...

... specifications can be impossible to determine. One may specify the capabilities of a device which may not be achievable by a design team or may be prohibitively expensive. To overcome this problem, we present an approach that guides an optimization process; one that can both simulate the fleets as well...

... design of mechanisms but has seen limited use in computational optimization. This research presents an alternative kinematics based computational optimization approach towards the automatic placement of a chosen set of flexures in 3D space such that a desired constraint space is obtained while minimizing...

... approaches. mobile robots localization artificial markers optimization Proceedings of the ASME 2024 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC-CIE2024 August 25-28, 2024, Washington, DC DETC2024-141919 OPTIMIZING ARTIFICIAL...

... and optimization, is introduced that improves the tuning ratio and linearity of the device response. A capacitor with two deformation modes (rigid-body displacement of the moving electrode before pull-in and its deformations after pull-in) is used to demonstrate the technique. A set of simulation data...

... Abstract Adaptable products are used to satisfy different and changing customer requirements through changes of products such as reconfiguration and upgrading during their utilization stages. In this research, an optimal design and process planning approach is developed for product adaptation...

... automation design for additive manufacturing optimization multi-disciplinary design analysis Proceedings of the ASME 2023 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC-CIE2023 August 20-23, 2023, Boston, Massachusetts DETC2023...

... Abstract In Bayesian optimization, which is used for optimizing computationally expensive black-box problems, constraints need to be considered to arrive at solutions that are both optimal and feasible. Techniques to deal with black-box constraints have been studied extensively, often...

... Abstract This paper introduces a robust design method for product adaptation considering uncertainties in both product configurations and parameters. In this study, probability of product adaptation in the operation stage and influence of the probability on the optimal design solution...

... the application of methods to a UR5 industrial robotic manipulator and documentation for the design of a physical testbed. systems design robot kinematics optimization Proceedings of the ASME 2023 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering...

... Abstract Kinematic synthesis to meet an approximate motion specification naturally forms a constrained optimization problem. In this work, we conduct global design searches by direct computation of all critical points through stationarity conditions. The idea is not new, but performed at scale...

... on intuition, and a lack of exploration in assistive strategies. This work presents a simulation-to-hardware strategy that creates optimized assistance profiles to implement on a hip exoskeleton to assist leg swinging as an intermediary step to improve control strategies for walking. By simplifying...

... pattern. Three frame designs, the modified cross, the diamond, and the Z design, are presented and trade-offs for each design regarding stiffness, either localized or generalized, are explored. Methods for optimizing each frame design to accommodate for rigidfoldability are introduced and algorithms...

... of load cases, limiting the optimization approaches to simple structures and joints. In this work we present an interleaved computational optimization algorithm for underactuated flexure-based grippers, aimed at maximizing the range of graspable circular objects under a given load. This method achieves...

... patterned pads are compared with existing ones that are single patterned optimal designs. This study carries out optimal selection of varying dimple patterns that provides an insight for further optimization efforts on surface textured bearing and seals. thrust bearings lubrication surface texturing...

... additional design flexibility toward balancing the contact stresses and bending stresses of the sun, planet, and ring members. gear finite element contact analysis asymmetric profile stress analysis planetary rotorcraft gear box optimization Proceedings of the ASME 2023 International Design...