An active structure is an engineering structure containing sensors and actuators that, when
active, modify the response of the structure to its environment. Research into active structural …

We try to make a long way short by proceeding per exempla from Kenneth Snelson's
sculptures and Richard Buckminster Fuller's coinage of the term tensegrity to modern …

To better understand the role of tensegrity structures in biological systems and their
application to robotics, the Dynamic Tensegrity Robotics Lab at NASA Ames Research …

The Spherical Underactuated Planetary Exploration Robot ball (SUPERball) is an ongoing
project within NASA Ames Research Center's Intelligent Robotics Group and the Dynamic …

Tensegrities are spatial, reticulated and lightweight structures that are increasingly
investigated as structural solutions for active and deployable structures. Tensegrity systems …

A prestressed cable-strut structure is usually regarded as a mechanism before being
prestressed. Under the action of initial prestresses, the internal infinitesimal mechanisms …

The traditional structure can only rely on the original design scheme to passively resist the
changes in the external environment. Once the structure is damaged, it will bring heavy …

In this paper, we present the system design and initial testing of SUPERball v2, a completely
re-designed 2-meter spherical six-bar tensegrity robot designed to survive high-speed …

Tensegrity systems are spatial structures composed of tensile and compression components
in a self-equilibrated state of prestress. The tensegrity concept has already been studied by …

This study proposes a general computational framework for the form-finding of tensegrity
structures. The procedure is divided into two stages in which the member force densities and …