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Metastructures are a form of metamaterial that inherit the properties of metamaterials - periodicity, programmable meta-units - but apply them to the large scale systems found in space , construction and agriculture. The key challenges in this area include the design of the meta-atom units of the structure, the autonomous assembly of the overall stucture and the modelling of the structure under dynamic loads.
In our lab, we are exmaining the use of robotic manipulators for assembling a custom designed structure. This project includes the use of topology optimisation to design the meta-atom units of the structure, whilst also being able to model the overall dynamical response under loads.
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