An assembly refers to a collection of parts joined together to achieve a specific form and/or
functionality. Designing assemblies is a non‐trivial task as a slight local modification on a …

Computational manufacturing technologies such as 3D printing hold the potential for
creating objects with previously undreamed‐of combinations of functionality and physical …

While fabrication technologies have been in use in industry for several decades, expiring
patents have recently allowed the technology to spill over to technology-enthusiastic …

Engineers routinely design for strength and stiffness. Steel and concrete prevent deflections
in buildings, and machines resort to rigid articulation in order to avoid deformations. But …

Highlights•We map the current use of prototypes in 8 different companies.•Prototypes can be
used to elicit unknown unknowns throughout the design process.•High functional prototypes …

In recent years, 3D printing has gained significant attention from the maker community,
academia, and industry to support low-cost and iterative prototyping of designs. Current …

We present an interactive design system that allows casual users to quickly create 3D-
printable robotic creatures. Our approach automates the tedious parts of the design process …

We present a novel computational approach to design the robotic devices from high-level
motion specifications. Our computational system uses a library of modular components …

Furniture typically consists of assemblies of elongated and planar parts that are connected
together by glue, nails, hinges, screws, or other means that do not encourage disassembly …

We present an interactive system for computational design, optimization, and fabrication of
multicopters. Our computational approach allows non-experts to design, explore, and …