Presidential Young Investigator Award: Interactive Spatial Mechanism Synthesis

这位总统青年调查员将从事几个密切相关的研究领域。其中一个研究领域是创建交互式空间机构综合和分析计算机程序包。这样的一揽子计划将第一次将空间机构设计能力交到实践设计师手中。在该计划中，设计者可以使用高效且易于理解的方法来指定设计要求和审查结果。为了显示这样的信息，需要大量的高级计算机图形。此外，这样的设计包有必要包含优化程序，以消除交互设计过程中目前所需的许多中间、低级决策。另一个研究领域是具有多个自由度的闭环系统机器人的设计。这些机器人在承载能力、精确度和灵活性方面将优于目前的开环机械手。最后的研究领域是高速轴承和联轴器的设计。这一领域的改进理论有望导致包括机床和透平机械在内的各种应用。

Several closely-related areas of research will be pursued by this Presidential Young Investigator. One area of research is the creation of an interactive spatial mechanism synthesis and analysis computer package. Such a package would, for the first time, place spatial mechanism design capabilities in the hands of practicing designers. Instrumental in this plan are efficient and understandable methods for the designer to specify design requirements and to review results. A significant amount of high- level computer graphics will be necessary for displaying such information. Further, it will be necessary for such a design package to contain optimization procedures that eliminate many of the intermediate, low-level decisions currently required in the interactive design process. Another area of research is the design of closed-loop robotic manipulators having many degrees of freedom. These robots will be superior to present open-loop manipulators in load-carrying capacity, accuracy, and dexterity. The final area of research is the design of high-speed bearings and shaft couplings. Improved theories in this area are expected to lead to a variety of applications including machine tools and turbomachinery.