Research Objective: We have utilized MotionGen to model recumbent tricycles for people with disabilities who pedal with FES, to investigate novel architectures for mechanical presses, to ideate on a novel swinging door, and to assess the motion of a foldable airplane wing.
Doors, Trikes and Folding Wings: Advancing Concepts for Machines Using MotionGen
Recumbent Tricycles
Andrew Gasser, Veronica Hatfield, Brian Piper, & Brock Smith
Advisors: Andrew Murray, Ph.D & David Myszka, Ph.D
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Novel Swinging Door
Future Work
This can be used to test new ideas and novel designs that are also very practical. It is able to readily develop working kinematic models of mechanisms, planar robotic systems, and heavy machinery like backhoes and bulldozers.
Applications
This software can allow designers in the future to get a better understanding of how their designs can work and move. By using MotionGen, these systems can be readily synthesized and animated.
Foldable Airplane Wing