Lattice structures are known for their superior performance in weight reduction, stiffness, and
increased manufacturability, but when materials need to be adaptive, multifunctional, and …

Novel concepts are essential for design innovation and can be generated with the aid of
data stimuli and computers. However, current generative design algorithms focus on …

Generating novel and useful concepts is essential during the early design stage to explore a
large variety of design opportunities, which usually requires advanced design thinking ability …

Metamaterials, also known as lattice‐structured materials, imitate the multifunctionality of
natural architects as tailoring their physical properties is associated with manipulating their …

Practical applications of mechanical metamaterials often involve solving inverse problems
aimed at finding microarchitectures that give rise to certain properties. The limited resolution …

Generative design tools empowered by recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI)
offer the opportunity for human designers and design tools to collaborate in new, more …

Generative design refers to computational design methods that can automatically conduct
design exploration under constraints defined by designers. Among many approaches …

The advent of Additive Manufacturing (AM) is uncovering the limits of the current CAD
systems and, at the same time, is highlighting the potentials of the Topology Optimization …

In the last few decades, complex light-weight designs have been successfully produced via
additive manufacturing (AM), launching a new era in the thinking–design process. In …

Conventionally, aerial manipulators, when used for inspection, use drone rotors to stabilize
the center of gravity (CoG) shifts, which highly affects its performance. This paper discusses …