The Development of an Expert System for the Creative Design of Mechanisms

Abstract

A unified design methodology has been developed for the creative design of mechanisms. This is based on an abstract representation of the kinematic structure of mechanisms, which we have called the stratified representation of mechanisms. This transforms the basic structure of a mechanism into an essentially unique spanning tree with a minimum number of edges, each associated with a fundamental loop. In this fashion hundreds of thousands of mechanisms have been generated automatically, thus providing a creative design tool of extraordinary power and efficiency. The same basic approach has been developed for the automatic determination of favorable mechanism dimensions by means of algorithms for the determination of the rotatability of the rotatability and assembility of the links, while eliminating crossing links. Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Polynomials; Algorithms; Computer aided design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 26, 1989
Accession Number
ADA211115

Entities

People

  • David A. Hoeltzel
  • Ferdinand Freudenstein

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Expert Systems
  • Identification
  • Machine Learning
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Neural Networks
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Programming Languages
  • Robotics

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML