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There was something similar about using evolutionary algorithms to produce the design for a mechanical piece used to link two cables or anchor a bridge’s cable,
by ElFitz 1y ago
There was something similar about using evolutionary algorithms to produce the design for a mechanical piece used to link two cables or anchor a bridge’s cable, optimizing for weight and strength.
The design seemed alien and somewhat organic, but I can’t seem to find it now.
- amoshebb 1y ago“Typology optimization” is probably what you’re thinking of. All current versions of it result in this similar blobby-spider-web vaguely alien and somewhat organic structures. Looking at things like bicycles designed this way leaves me suspicious that it doesn’t actually have the power to derive interesting insights about material properties. I suspect future versions may end up starting to look more mechanical as it discovers that, for example, something under tension should be a straight line.
- MITSardine 1y agoShape optimization can be done under constraints of manufacturability, which would avoid exotic shapes that can't be worked with. Why would that be the case, though? It's conceivable that optimal shapes be very different from what our intuitions suggest.
- patcon 1y agoI had it stored in my knowledgebase as "alien design" ;) https://medium.com/intuitionmachine/the-alien-look-of-deep-learning-generative-design-5c5f871f7d10 https://medium.com/intuitionmachine/the-alien-look-of-deep-l...
- ElFitz 1y agoWonderful, thank you!
- ElFitz 1y agoOut of curiosity, what do you use for your knowledge base?
- patcon 1y agoroam research! love it as a technology But I recommend logseq for anyone new! All the best features, none of the weird energy of roam, where i worry the founder is training ML models on data.