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Audio Article: How to push, wiggle, or drill an object through granular material
FromMIT News
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7 minutes
Released:
Jan 30, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Predicting what it takes to push through sand, gravel, or other soft media can help engineers drive a rover over Martian soil, anchor a ship in rough seas, and walk a robot through sand and mud. But modeling the forces involved in such processes is a huge computational challenge that often takes days to weeks to solve.
Now, engineers at MIT and Georgia Tech have found a faster and simpler way to model intrusion through any soft, flowable material. Their new method quickly maps the forces it would take to push, wiggle, and drill an object through granular material in real-time. The method can apply to objects and grains of any size and shape, and does not require complex computational tools as other methods do.
Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2023/soft-push-granular-intrusion-0119
Now, engineers at MIT and Georgia Tech have found a faster and simpler way to model intrusion through any soft, flowable material. Their new method quickly maps the forces it would take to push, wiggle, and drill an object through granular material in real-time. The method can apply to objects and grains of any size and shape, and does not require complex computational tools as other methods do.
Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2023/soft-push-granular-intrusion-0119
Released:
Jan 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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