Optimisation of piezoelectric metamaterials: Towards robotic stress sensors

该项目旨在设计新的压电材料微结构，以增强对机器人肢体内部复杂局部应力状态的测量。该项目预计将产生关于多极化压电材料可实现的性能的新知识，并开发用于分析和优化此类材料的计算工具。所设计的微结构可能会给压电传感器技术带来革命性的变化。预期结果包括制造的概念验证传感器，能够测量局部应力场。这应该会带来显著的好处，比如提高未来机器人的能力和可靠性，以及为下一代澳大利亚计算数学家提供研究培训。

This project aims to design new piezoelectric material microstructures that can enhance the measurement of complex local stress states within robotic limbs. The project expects to generate new knowledge of the achievable properties of multi-poled piezoelectric materials and develop computational tools for the analysis and structural optimisation of such materials. The designed microstructures may revolutionise piezoelectric sensor technology. Expected outcomes include manufactured proof-of-concept sensors that enable measurement of local stress fields. This should provide significant benefits, such as improved future robot capability and reliability, and research training for next-generation Australian computational mathematicians.