Prototyped on a 3D printer, new toys from Disney Research demonstrate the use of a digital design tool to generate compliant mechanisms.
The mechanisms take inspiration from natural tendon and cartilage structure.
被认为是“有机机的螺母和螺栓”，可以应用关节以增加机械玩具和步行机器人的另一个灵活性。
This Disney Research demo has got wings – dragon wings. Clip via迪士尼ResearchHubon YouTube
From backpacks to机器人
Typically made as a single (monolithic) piece, some everyday examples of compliant mechanisms are plastic backpack latches and shampoo lids.
蒙特利尔大学助理教授Bernhard Thomaszewski解释说：“合规机制在行业中享有广泛使用。”
“Even broader use in machines is attractive because of their precision and because they can be readily manufactured.”
莫里茨·巴赫（Moritz Bacher），合着者迪士尼研究补充说：“不幸的是，为灵活性设计比刚性更困难，因为它需要更深入地了解材料随着形状的变化的行为方式，”
The flexi-hinge
To create a meaningful model for creating compliant mechanisms, the team at Disney digitally simulated the movement of a hinge design.
In place of a pin, the compliant hinge is designed to move using a central thread.
As a thin component of the compliant hinge, allowances are incorporated into the thread to make final designs more resilient to breakage.
对于更复杂的物体的运动，即转向遥控汽车，还需要彼此相邻安排兼容的铰链。因此，使津贴避免在线之间发生冲突。
龙，眼睛和汽车
一旦完成模拟研究，研究人员将在机械Chebyshev链接模型的设计中符合原型的铰链；龙翅；遥控车；动画的眼睛；和仿生手。
每个型号均使用Stratasys Connex 350 3D打印机使用强，柔性的固定材料制成。
不仅仅是玩具
The design principles demonstrated in the Disney Research study can be translated beyond their use for making toys.
“机器就像我们在自然界中发现的机器一样有效而健壮。”
生成合规机制的有效方法也可以找到the design of mobile robots， 和水上机器这需要更多的防水零件。
具有优化合规转向的遥控车。剪辑通过迪士尼ResearchHubon YouTube
In conclusion Markus Gross, vice president at Disney Research, adds,
“Rigidity is a concept foreign to the living world. From a kangaroo’s legs to the wings of a bat, bones, tendons and cartilage are the nuts and bolts of organic machines.”
“Our research team has developed a tool that will make it easier for us to eventually make our machines as efficient and robust as those we find in nature.”
迪士尼研究团队最近还为anti-scanning 3D printer filament， 和一种制作软机器人吉祥物的方法。
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