Department of Robotics Brain and Cognitive Sciences - RBCS (http://www.iit.it/en/rbcs/)
Italian Institute of Technology - IIT, Genoa
Application deadline: Sept. 24th 2010

Project Description:
Conventionally designed robots are made of metal parts, bearings, levers, gears or other components that are assembled with fasteners and screws, to obtain the desired functionality. An alternative approach is to derive this functionality directly from the properties of the materials and to embed components as, for example, with shape deposition manufacturing. CAD and FE simulations are essential tools to design and optimize the details of the robot's shape.