Autofix – Automated Design of Fixtures

DS 116: Proceedings of the DESIGN2022 17th International Design Conference

Year: 2022
Editor: Mario Štorga, Stanko Škec, Tomislav Martinec, Dorian Marjanović
Author: Sanjay Nambiar (1), Albin Parappilly Albert (1), Veeravenkatamanikanta Virupaksh Raja Chowdary Rimmalapudi (1), Vinayak Acharya (1), Mehdi Tarkian (1), Henrik Kihlman (2)
Series: DESIGN
Institution: 1: Link
Section: Design Support Tools and Methods
Page(s): 543-552
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2022.56
ISSN: 2732-527X (Online)

Abstract

This paper presents a framework to develop the automated design of fixtures using the combination of design automation (DA), multidisciplinary optimization and robotic simulation. MDO necessitates the use of concurrent and parametric designs which are created by DA and knowledge-based engineering tools. This approach is designed to decrease the time and cost of the fixture design process by increasing the degree of automation. AutoFix provides methods and tools for automatically optimizing resource-intensive fixture design utilizing digital tools from different disciplines.

Keywords: design automation, design optimisation, knowledge-based engineering (KBE), fixtures, robotic simulation