Replies to post #5826 on Arcam AB fka AMAVF

[Tom Joad]

re: Software and hardware have to advance together.

I'm hoping Arcam/GE is headed in the direction of AI and generative design. From some Carnegie Mellon videos that I saw some time ago I suspect it is, as Jack Beuth says the designs can be more "organic." I don't have anything related directly to Arcam or GE or any Carnigie Mellon research below, but it's useful to see the direction that 3d printing and computers can go.

Wikipedia Generative Design

From a Ted Talk.

"I’ll give you an example. In the case of this aerial drone chassis, all you would need to do is tell it something like, it has four propellers, you want it to be as lightweight as possible, and you need it to be aerodynamically efficient. Then what the computer does is it explores the entire solution space: every single possibility that solves and meets your criteria — millions of them. ... And by the way, it’s no accident that the drone body looks just like the pelvis of a flying squirrel."

Ted Talk generative design

I couldn't find a webpage for the drone chassis design that wasn't a Ted Talk but I did find something for the Airbus cabin partition.

Airbus partition

I did, however, find a direct connection between generative design, ORNL, and 3d printing.

ORNL generative design 3d printing