加拿大新不伦瑞克大学的新研究试图将人工智能与3D打印技术配对，以应用制造。
爱德华·西尔（Edward Cyr）的研究由麦凯恩（McCain）博士后奖学金资助，旨在开发一种AI系统，该系统将在考虑所有替代方案后处理问题并打印其解决方案。
行业增强的人工智能
Cyr is using his background in researching aluminium alloys at high temperatures to understand the behaviour and special properties of 3D printed materials. This has led to exploration of a metamaterial structure for the metal that increases in strength when under stress.
Cyr explains, “That would be would be useful for something like armour, perhaps, or maybe even building the wall of a ship. For impacts happening at higher speed, like an icebreaker, it would become stronger instead of more brittle.”
Through his work, he also hope to push the boundaries of computer aided design (CAD). In an interview with the爱德华王子岛GuardianCyr承认，在对数千个想法进行测试后，人类问题解决者只能提出最佳设计。
A computer, on the other hand, “can actually model a total design space and tell us which one is the best, and it can even come up with things we might not even think of.
未来的工厂
Prof. Mohsen Mohammadi, Cyr’s research supervisor at UNB’s Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence, was confident that AI 3D printing would “revolutionise the whole manufacturing medium.” He also shares a belief that the technology could strengthen the local manufacturing sector contrary to a common perception that automation and artificial intelligence serve to replace human jobs.
The combination of AI and 3D printing has been explored with everything from conceptualspace farms和deep-learning VR technology至fully functional robots和未来派潜艇。但是，人工智能表格3D打印自己的问题解决方案的概念仍处于起步阶段。
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特色图像：Cyr在获得麦凯恩奖学金后与3D金属印刷机旁边的同事合影。照片由加拿大媒体罗布·布兰查德（Rob Blanchard）摄
