CRII: CHS: Next Generation Computational Design Tools for 3D Printable Objects that can Move, Deform and Sense

3D打印有可能消除与传统制造技术相关的限制，并为普通大众（休闲人士，艺术家，修补匠，甚至儿童）提供制造他们想象的任何物理制品的方法。 因此，3D打印机技术有望实现一个未来，即我们今天所做的少量设计的大规模生产被大量独特的高度个性化的产品所取代。 但是，轻松制造独一无二的产品的能力，无限的设计可能性，以及3D打印赋予设计师的新阶层，也带来了重要的挑战。 特别地，生成用于3D打印的内容的过程目前是数字制造流水线中的主要瓶颈;毕竟，能够创建定制对象的制造设备只有在能够为其快速生成合适的设计时才是有价值的。从在线数据库下载和制造现有的设计是足够容易的，但是个性化这些对象或从头开始创建新对象目前需要专门的CAD软件、大量的时间投资以及大量的知识、经验和技能。 PI的愿景是创建设计软件，将大大简化这一过程。 然而，这项工作的更广泛影响超越了消费品和相应的社会经济影响，支持了21世纪数字扫盲技能的发展，从而促进了STEM学科的吸引力。 为了达到最广泛的受众，PI将把他的技术提供给卡内基科学中心，当地的创客空间和全国各地感兴趣的教育工作者。PI在这个项目中的目标是建立一个研究计划，通过开发下一代计算设计工具，使普通用户能够轻松地生成个人制作的内容，从而最终克服当前的技术障碍。 为此，PI将不专注于静态3D打印工件的设计，而是为广泛的功能物理对象开发直观的创作工具，这些对象可以移动，变形和感知。 他将创建高效、强大的数学模型和直观的计算方法，使普通用户能够捕捉3D打印材料的特性，并无缝集成现成的组件（如电机、传感器、轴承等）。他们的设计。 项目成果将允许任何人创建改善自己或他人生活的物理设备，例如帮助厨房任务，家务和园艺的机器人设备，残疾人辅助设备，智能家具和运动艺术。

3D printing has the potential to eliminate constraints associated with traditional manufacturing techniques and to provide the general public (casual people, artists, tinkerers, even children) with the means to fabricate any physical artifact they envision. Thus, 3D printer technology promises to enable a future where the mass production of a very small number of designs as we do today is replaced by manufacturing small quantities of a vast array of unique, highly personalized products. But the ability to easily manufacture one-of-a-kind products, the limitless design possibilities, and the new class of designers 3D printing is empowering also introduce important challenges. In particular, the process of generating content for 3D printing is currently a major bottleneck in the digital fabrication pipeline; after all, a manufacturing device capable of creating custom objects is only valuable if one can quickly generate appropriate designs for it. It is easy enough to download and fabricate existing designs from an online database, but personalizing these objects or creating new ones from scratch currently requires specialized CAD software, a significant investment of time, and a great deal of knowledge, experience and skill. The PI's vision is to create design software that will dramatically simplify the process. The broader impacts of the work, however, go beyond consumer products and the corresponding socio-economic implications, by supporting the development of digital literacy skills for the 21st century, thereby promoting in turn the appeal of STEM disciplines. To reach the widest possible audience, the PI will make his technology available to the Carnegie Science Center, local Maker Spaces and interested educators around the country.The PI's goal in this project is to establish a research program that will ultimately overcome current technological barriers by developing next-generation computational design tools that empower casual users to easily generate content for personal fabrication. To this end, rather than focusing on the design of static 3D printable artifacts the PI will develop intuitive authoring tools for a broad class of functional physical objects that can move, deform and sense. He will create efficient and robust mathematical models and intuitive computational methods that allow casual users to capture the characteristics of 3D printed materials and to seamlessly integrate off-the-shelf components (such as motors, sensors, bearings, etc.) into their designs. Project outcomes will allow anyone to create physical devices that improve their own life or the lives of others, such as robotic devices that help with kitchen tasks, housekeeping and gardening, assistive devices for people with disabilities, smart furniture, and kinetic art.