Federal agencies design a wide range of tools, equipment, vehicles and even rockets. Computer-aided design (CAD) technology allows agencies and users to create digital designs more efficiently. CAD is ...

The robot is mostly made with a 3d printer, with the occasional cosmetic piece being vacuum formed. If you’d like to make one for yourself, [James] has also posted all of the design and cad for ...

First, a user makes a computer-aided design file with the shape of the robot. The user then paints the CAD file to show which directions the different joints of the soft robot will move.

Currently, LLMs can’t generate entire computer-assisted design (CAD) models, evaluate code or automatically fabricate a robot, so this step required the researchers to adopt a ‘technician ...

New software optimizes kinematics and plans paths for custom robots handling multiple axes. Flexible Robotic Environment (FRE) software was written by Bicommerce LLC, Rapid City, S. D., and it ...

In ME 472: Robot Design Studio, groups of undergraduate and graduate students leverage years of skills they have sharpened in CAD modeling, component sourcing, cabling/wiring, power electronics, ...

Smarticles, or simple single-function robots, are being investigated as possible components of larger shape-shifting robots. Shapeshifters were once the basis for far-fetched science fiction drama ...

For decades, robots have been used on assembly lines to do things like make cars and package food. Over a long period of refinement, the iconic robot arm has become a nearly commoditized piece of ...

Technology is everywhere these days, but a robot programmed with artificial intelligence can’t design a car on its own – at least not yet. The 2019 Audi A7 started life as a sketch, likely ...