Tensegrity Yèyilidighan Sënsor by Daniel Lim

Tensegrity Yèyilidighan Sënsor by Daniel Lim is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award پلاتىنا مۇكاپاتى in مەھسۇلات ئىنژېنېرلىقى ۋە تېخنىكىلىق لايىھەلەش Competition Category.

پلاتىنائىنژېنېرلىق· 2022

Tensegrity Yèyilidighan Sënsor

by Daniel Lim

A' Design Award پلاتىنا مۇكاپاتى Winner in ئىنژېنېرلىق Category

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The Design

About Tensegrity Yèyilidighan Sënsor

Tensegrity apet rayonliri üchün layihilengen yèyilidighan sënsordur. Tensegrity pilansiz uchquchtin (dron) tashlinip, jiddiy qutquzush etretliri üchün gaz sirqishi, hayat qalghuchilarning süret we awazliri qatarliq uchur-melumatlarni toplaydu. Qattiq tayaqchilar we neylon yiplar tartilma küchlük bir qurulma hasil qilip, 50 mëtirdin èship chüshüshning soqulush küchini özleshtüreleydu, shunga parashyut kërek emes. Töt dane qatlanghan modul dronning astidiki bir sanduqta toshulup, apet yüz bergen jayning üstide qoyup bërilidu, her bir modul yerge chüshkende özlükidin èchilidu. Bu sënsor insanlar bixeter yèqinlishalmaydighan jaylargha yèteleydu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award پلاتىنا مۇكاپاتى

Tensegrity Yèyilidighan Sënsor A' Design Award پلاتىنا مۇكاپاتىنىڭ غالىبى، بۇ ھەقىقىي ئىستىسنالىق، نەپىس ۋە ھەيۋەتلىك لايىھىلەرگە بېرىلىدىغان ئىنتايىن ئابرويلۇق ئېتىراپتۇر. پلاتىنا غالىبلىرى ياراتقۇچىلىقنىڭ مۆجىزىلىرى، ئەقلىي ئىجادىيەتنىڭ چەكلىرىگە ئىسپات بولۇپ، لايىھىلىگۈچىلىرىنىڭ تەڭدىشى يوق كەسپىي ماھارىتى ۋە ئىستېداتىنى نامايان قىلىدۇ. بۇ لايىھىلەرنىڭ بىر دەۋرنىڭ ئېستېتىكىسىنى بەلگىلەيدىغان، جەمئىيەت پاراۋانلىقىغا ھەسسە قوشىدىغان ھەمدە سەنئەت، ئىلىم-پەن، لايىھە ۋە تېخنىكىنىڭ چېگرالىرىنى ئىلگىرى سۈرىدىغان ئەڭ داڭلىق ئەسەرلەر بولۇشى ئۈمىد قىلىنىدۇ. Tensegrity Yèyilidighan Sënsor يۇقىرى دەرىجىلىك مۇكەممەللىكنى نامايان قىلىدۇ ۋە ئۆزىنىڭ پايدىلىق، قىممەتلىك ئالاھىدىلىكلىرى بىلەن دۇنيانى شەكسىز تېخىمۇ ياخشى ئورۇنغا ئايلاندۇرىدۇ. Tensegrity Yèyilidighan Sënsor ئارزۇ-ئىستەكلەرنى قوزغايدىغان، ئىلھاملاندۇرىدىغان، ھاياجانلاندۇرىدىغان، خۇشال قىلىدىغان ۋە زور خۇشاللىق پەيدا قىلىدىغان A' Design Award پلاتىنا مۇكاپاتىنى يەڭگەن ئەسەر.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Tensegrity sensor for disaster site, which could be dropped from the sky (drone) to gather information for the emergencyresponse crew (gas leaks, visuals, and audios). Once the drone arrives at the spot, many tensegrity modulesstored in a basket with an autonomous deployment system are deployed on multiple locations. The sensors can be delivered to disaster areas where humans are unable to approach.
Dimensions & Packaging: Maximum size of 150 mm x 150 mm x 150 mm when deployed, and 150 mm x 150 mm x 60 mm when collapsed.
Tags: Tensegrity, soft robot, disaster response, emergency sensors
Production Technology: The tensegrity module's goal is to offer the response team in a catastrophe region with a range of data. This data contains auditory or visual alerts that may have been generated by survivors, as well as a collection of gas leaks that may have enabled focused response to prevent larger accidents. Enclosures for the current mudules are made with SLA 3D printing, and many wireless sensors are enclosed. Furthermore, commercial nylon threads were employed to give the necessary tension for the framework.
Design Challenge: Finding appropriate materials for the string was extremely difficult because it needed to offer enough tension as well as strength to endure the drop. Another challenge was the module's assembly, which required many stiff rods to be linked at the same time. We solved this problem by creating a 3D printed jig that holds the component in place during assembly and using nylon threads to give sturdiness as well as enough tension for the construction.
Research: This design is based on the tensegrity structure, which has sparked academic interest due to its energy absorption qualities with a specially constructed mix of rigid rod and strings. Through interviews and observations, we discovered that the quick reaction team frequently lacks the data required for the response plan, particularly in the case of a large-scale disaster such as a forest fire. Because drones have limited battery life and require pilot control to gather information, we developed tensegrity modules that can be easily deployed to many places in need of sensory input.
Inspiration: Tensegrity structures are a type of stiff beam coupled with many strings that generate tension that can sustain the impact of a collision. Inspired by the structure, the sensor can be deployed from more than 50 m above the ground without the use of an additional device (parachute).
Project Duration: The project started in August 2021 in Seoul, Korea and finished in March 2022 in Berkeley, California.
Operation Flow: Initially, four sensor modules are carried in a collapsed hexagonal box attached to the drone. When the drone approaches the point of interest (to collect data), the bottom panel of the box opens, allowing the sensor module to be dropped from a great height. The module rapidly deploys into the fully tensioned tensegrity structure, absorbing enough energy from impact with the ground. The module collects data for the reaction strategy by deploying various sensors.
Team Members: Team Director: Dr. Alice M. Agogino
Director of controls engineering: Brian Cera
Director of operation : Deniz Dogruer