Tensegrity structures are an impressive demonstration of how to achieve mechanical stability through tensile forces. Since the topic is currently trending it was probably only a matter of time before ...

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have devised two mathematical tools considered to be major contributions to the optimal design of a new generation of deformable bridges, ...

Much like sphere packing, crystalline materials can be similarly described via periodic packing of cylinders in 3D space. In this instance, the cylinders represented rods of strongly bonded atoms or ...

Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology have used 3D printers to create tensegrity objects which can change shape. The 3D printed structures are capable of dramatic expansion and have the ...

Researchers have developed a way to use 3D printers to create objects that expand when heated. They have potential uses in space exploration or medical devices. The new objects use tensegrity, a ...

Alice Agogino is a mechanical engineering professor at the University of California at Berkeley, and she and her lab are among a group of engineers that are designing what might be the next generation ...

Structures in which compression materials (pipes) are connected by tensile members (wires)It is coined by Tension (tension) and Integrity (integration)TensegrityI call it. A researcher at the Georgia ...

How can a structure appear to float while holding weight? Explore the revolutionary concept of Tensegrity, where continuous tension balances discontinuous compression to achieve surprising stability.

Researchers have developed a method for optimizing the initial tension of strings in tensegrity structures as well as a second technique to maximize the strength and minimize the weight of the rods ...