Trusscillator: a System for Fabricating Human-Scale Human-Powered Oscillating Devices
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End-to-end system that lets non-engineers design human-scale, human-powered oscillating machines by swapping truss edges for coil-springs, tuning amplitude/tempo/effort, and auto-selecting spring constants and masses. Uses a SketchUp plugin and a simulation server that translates models to differential equations and samples the nonlinear parameter space in parallel. Outputs part lists, welded-steel stencils and jigs; a dinosaur swing with 2–4 DOF is built and validated with three accelerometers showing simulated frequencies match measured ones.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:43Research Agenda
- 2:50Design Workflow
- 5:08Fabrication Process
- 7:26Simulation Results
- 8:18Conclusion
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