公开(公告)号：US20210129987A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：US17041497

申请日：2019-03-26

Applicant: SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN

Inventor： Shaohui FOONG ,  Win KYI HLA ,  Chee How TAN ,  Danial Sufiyan BIN SHAIFUL ,  Win Luke Thura SOE ,  Hock Beng LIM ,  Sai-Kit YEUNG

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/08 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G01N21/88

Abstract: According to various embodiments, there is provided an aerial vehicle. The aerial vehicle includes: an airframe comprising a central member defining a longitudinal axis; a gimbal coupled to the central member; a camera mounted on the gimbal to face a direction at least substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis; wherein the gimbal is rotatable about the longitudinal axis to spin the camera around the longitudinal axis; and a propulsion means configured to propel the aerial vehicle, wherein the propulsion means is offset from the camera along the longitudinal axis.

公开(公告)号：US20190272346A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-05

申请号：US16348505

申请日：2017-11-10

Applicant: SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN

Inventor： Oliver Manuel WEEGER ,  Yue Sheng Benjamin KANG ,  Sai-Kit YEUNG ,  Martin Leonard DUNN

IPC: G06F17/50 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B29C64/393

Abstract: A design optimization and manufacturing approach for the creation of complex 3D curved rod structures with spatially variable material distributions that exhibit active deformation behavior is provided. The framework optimizes the cross-sectional properties of a rod structure, in particular the Young's modulus, such that under given loading conditions the rod structure may obtain one or more target shapes resulting from geometrically nonlinear deformation, from which the structure can then actively deform back to the original shape due to the shape memory effect. A novel algorithm is provided to generate physical realizations from the computational design model, which allows their direct fabrication via printing of shape memory composites with voxel-level compositional control with a multi-material 3D printer. The design and manufacture digital toolchain allows the continuous variation of multiple active materials as a route to optimize mechanical as well as active behavior of a structure.