Ant and Empire: Myrmetic Writing, Simulation and the Problem of Reciprocal Becomings

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zach Horton
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
The Other ◽  
Limit Case ◽  
Game Interface

This chapter considers the ant as a limit case of becoming-animal in order to problematize a troubling reciprocity of becoming. For the ant, already multiple, already molecularized, adapts to every niche on earth, constitutes its territory through a limitless processural colonization of the other that involves endless becomings, endless deterritorializations and reconstitutions as a species body at multiple scales. In short, the ant is the perfect Deleuzean animal, and yet as H. G. Wells captures so astutely in his story, “The Empire of the Ants,” it is also the most imperial and hierarchized. If the human becomes animal so that the animal can become something else, becoming-ant affords the potential for the ant to, alarmingly, become human. In addition to discussing Wells’ story, the chapter explores Bernard Werber’s 1991 novel Les Fourmis as well as Google’s game interface, Swarm!, which allows for a more robust engagement with the dynamics of scale for Deleuzean philosophy, which often (though not always) engages scale as a continuum when in fact all becomings make use of scalar quanta. By jumping scales rather than “scaling,” a molecularization is able to generate new degrees of freedom which would engage the alterior dynamics of other scales.

Loving the Other Beyond Death

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-155
Author(s):  
Kas Saghafi
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Limit Case ◽  
Western Tradition

Turning to an example provided by Aristotle and taken up by Derrida in Politics of Friendship, which functions as a limit case—loving the other beyond death—I argue that Derrida's short-lived term, aimance, gently and lovingly contests the primacy given either to love or to friendship in the Western tradition, but also to the living act of loving and the figure of the lover, putting pressure on the very conceptual differences between these terms.

Footbridges as an important part of a system: the context as an experience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toon Maas ◽  
Mohamad Tuffaha ◽  
Laurent Ney
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
The Other ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Good Design ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
The Relationship

<p>“A bridge has to be designed”. Every bridge is the exploration of all degrees of a freedom of a project: the context, cultural processes, technology, engineering and industrial skills. A successful bridge aims to dialogue with these degrees of freedom to achieve a delicate equilibrium, one that invites the participation of its users and emotes new perceptions for its viewers. In short, a good design “makes the bridge talk.”</p><p>Too often, the bridge, as an object, is reduced to its functionality. Matters of perceptions and experiences of the users are often not considered in the design process; they are relegated to levels of chance or treated as simple decorative matter. The longevity of infrastructure projects, in general, and bridges, in particular, highlights the deficiencies of such an approach. The framework to design bridges must include historical, cultural, and experiential dimensions. Technology and engineering are of paramount importance but cannot be considered as “an end in themselves but a means to an end”. This paper proposes to discuss three projects by Ney &amp; Partners that illustrate such a comprehensive exploration approach to footbridge design: the Poissy and Albi crossings and the Tintagel footbridge.</p><p>The footbridges of Poissy and Albi dialogue most clearly with their historical contexts, reconfiguring the relationship between old and new in the materiality and typology use. In Tintagel, legend replaces history. Becoming a metaphor for the void it crosses, the Tintagel footbridge illustrates the delicate dialogue of technology and engineering on one side and imagination and experience on the other.</p>

Miniaturized Dual-Band Bandpass Filter Using Embedded Dual-Mode Resonator with Controllable Bandwidths

Frequenz ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (9-10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanming Zhu ◽  
Jin Xu ◽  
Wei Kang ◽  
Zhenxin Hu ◽  
Wen Wu
Keyword(s):  
Insertion Loss ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Bandpass Filter ◽  
The Other ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Dual Mode ◽  
Transmission Zeros ◽  
Low Insertion Loss ◽  
Multiple Transmission ◽  
Mode Resonator

AbstractIn this paper, a miniaturized dual-band bandpass filter (DB-BPF) using embedded dual-mode resonator (DMR) with controllable bandwidths is proposed. Two passbands are generated by two sets of resonators operating at two different frequencies. One set of resonators is utilized not only as the resonant elements that yield the lower passband, but also as the feeding structures with source-load coupling to excite the other to produce the upper passband. Sufficient degrees of freedom are achieved to control the center frequencies and bandwidths of two passbands. Moreover, multiple transmission zeros (TZs) are created to improve the passband selectivity of the filter. The design of the filter has been demonstrated by the measurement. The filter features not only miniaturized circuit sizes, low insertion loss, independently controllable central frequencies, but also controllable bandwidths and TZs.

A Robotic Cell for Embedding Prefabricated Components in Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeo Jung Yoon ◽  
Oswin G. Almeida ◽  
Aniruddha V. Shembekar ◽  
Satyandra K. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Robotic Manipulators ◽  
The Other ◽  
Robotic Arm ◽  
Robotic Cell ◽  
Material Extrusion ◽  
Surface Polishing ◽  
Pick And Place ◽  
6 Degrees Of Freedom

Abstract By attaching a material extrusion system to a robotic arm, we can deposit materials onto complex surfaces. Robotic manipulators can also maximize the task utility by performing other tasks such as assembly or surface polishing when they are not in use for the AM process. We present a robotic cell for embedding prefabricated components in extrusion-based AM. The robotic cell consists of two 6 degrees of freedom (DOF) robots, an extrusion system, and a gripper. One robot is used for printing a part, and the other robot takes a support role to pick and place the prefabricated component and embed it into the part being printed. After the component is embedded, AM process resumes, and the material is deposited onto the prefabricated components and previously printed layers. We illustrate the capabilities of the system by fabricating three objects.

A Family of 3-DOF Translational Parallel Manipulators1

2003 ◽  
Vol 125 (2) ◽  
pp. 302-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Carricato ◽  
Vincenzo Parenti-Castelli
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Translational Motion ◽  
Parallel Manipulators ◽  
Geometric Interpretation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Six Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Revolute Joints ◽  
Rotational Degrees Of Freedom

This article addresses parallel manipulators with fewer than six degrees of freedom, whose use may prove valuable in those applications in which a higher mobility is uncalled for. In particular, a family of 3-dof manipulators containing only revolute joints or at the most revolute and prismatic ones is studied. Design and assembly conditions sufficient to provide the travelling platform with a pure translational motion are determined and two sub-families that fulfill the imposed constraint are found: one is already known in the literature, while the other is original. The new architecture does not exhibit rotation singularities, i.e., configurations in which the platform gains rotational degrees of freedom. A geometric interpretation of the translation singularities is provided.

Total Flexibility in Forming Technology by Servo Presses

2014 ◽  
Vol 907 ◽  
pp. 99-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Avemann ◽  
Stefan Calmano ◽  
Sebastian Schmitt ◽  
Peter Groche
Keyword(s):  
Mass Production ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Sheet Thickness ◽  
The Other ◽  
Adaptive Control System ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Forming Technology ◽  
Bending Process ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
Free Bending

In forming technology, uncertainty can arouse from fluctuations in demand scenarios on one hand and in properties of semi-finished parts on the other. These technologies are usually characterized by a high productivity in mass production. However, high development efforts and investment costs for processes and machines lead to a rigid product and process spectrum. One approach to encounter these uncertainties is the introduction of flexibility into forming technologies by enlarging the number of degrees of freedom without drastically reducing productivity. The 3D Servo Press fulfils the mentioned requirements by exceeding free ram motion of conventional servo presses by two rotational ram DoFs. The adaptive control system coordinates the machine motion and controls product properties by model-based algorithms. Possibilities of this approach are demonstrated in a free bending process of a heat dissipater, resulting in uniform product quality despite variations in material, sheet thickness and desired geometry.

scholarly journals Fluid-driven origami-inspired artificial muscles

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (50) ◽  
pp. 13132-13137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuguang Li ◽  
Daniel M. Vogt ◽  
Daniela Rus ◽  
Robert J. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Peak Power ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Artificial Muscles ◽  
Fluid Medium ◽  
Single Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Flexible Skin ◽  
Actuation Systems ◽  
Power Densities

Artificial muscles hold promise for safe and powerful actuation for myriad common machines and robots. However, the design, fabrication, and implementation of artificial muscles are often limited by their material costs, operating principle, scalability, and single-degree-of-freedom contractile actuation motions. Here we propose an architecture for fluid-driven origami-inspired artificial muscles. This concept requires only a compressible skeleton, a flexible skin, and a fluid medium. A mechanical model is developed to explain the interaction of the three components. A fabrication method is introduced to rapidly manufacture low-cost artificial muscles using various materials and at multiple scales. The artificial muscles can be programed to achieve multiaxial motions including contraction, bending, and torsion. These motions can be aggregated into systems with multiple degrees of freedom, which are able to produce controllable motions at different rates. Our artificial muscles can be driven by fluids at negative pressures (relative to ambient). This feature makes actuation safer than most other fluidic artificial muscles that operate with positive pressures. Experiments reveal that these muscles can contract over 90% of their initial lengths, generate stresses of ∼600 kPa, and produce peak power densities over 2 kW/kg—all equal to, or in excess of, natural muscle. This architecture for artificial muscles opens the door to rapid design and low-cost fabrication of actuation systems for numerous applications at multiple scales, ranging from miniature medical devices to wearable robotic exoskeletons to large deployable structures for space exploration.

Inverse Static Analysis of a Planar System With Spiral Springs

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Carricato ◽  
Joseph Duffy ◽  
Vincenzo Parenti-Castelli
Keyword(s):  
Static Analysis ◽  
External Load ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
The Other ◽  
Linear Functions ◽  
State Variables ◽  
Planar System ◽  
Equilibrium Configurations ◽  
Solving Equations ◽  
The One

Abstract In this article the inverse static analysis of a two degrees of freedom planar mechanism equipped with spiral springs is presented. Such analysis aims to detect the entire set of equilibrium configurations of the mechanism once the external load is assigned. While on the one hand the presence of flexural pivots represents a novelty, on the other it extremely complicates the problem, since it brings the two state variables in the solving equations to appear as arguments of both trigonometric and linear functions. The proposed procedure eliminates one variable and leads to write two equations in one unknown only. The union of the root sets of such equations constitutes the global set of solutions of the problem. Particular attention has been reserved to the analysis of the “reliability” of the final equations: it has been sought the existence of critical situations, in which the solving equations hide solutions or yield false ones. A numerical example is provided. Also, in Appendix it is shown a particular design of the mechanism that offers computational advantages.

From grand narratives to multiple scales: space, life and process in Neolithic Greece and beyond

Antiquity ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (369) ◽  
pp. 814-817
Author(s):  
Stella Souvatzi
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Scales ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
New Research

Both volumes considered here represent these changes and offer lively insights into Neolithic societies in Greece, the Balkans and West Anatolia. At the same time, they demonstrate the growing developments in Greek Neolithic studies, the explosion of new data and the emergence of new research questions. Each volume has a distinctive focus, but they complement each other in more ways than one, e.g. in geographic, temporal, thematic and theoretical coverage. They both derive from international conferences held in Greece, one (Communities, landscapes and interaction) in Rethymnon, Crete in 2015, the other (Communities in transition) in Athens in 2013, and several authors have chapters in both volumes.

The Conceptual Design of Differential Mechanisms

2013 ◽  
Vol 284-287 ◽  
pp. 973-978
Author(s):  
Chia Chun Chu
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Geometric Constraints ◽  
The Other ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Process Step ◽  
Two Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Number Synthesis

The purpose of this paper is to present a design approach based on the geometric constraints of joints for synthesizing differential mechanisms with two degrees-of-freedom, including some mechanisms with the same functions but distinct structures. The concept of virtual axes is presented. And, there are five steps in the design process. Step 1 is to decide fundamental entities by the properties of existing mechanisms and the technique of number synthesis, and 10 suitable fundamental entities of differential mechanisms are available. Step 2 is to compose geometric constraints, and 14 items are obtained. Step 3 is to compose links, and 15 items are derived. Step 4 is to assign fixed constraints for inputs or outputs, and 15 results are found. The final step is to particularize the obtained events by the properties of existing mechanisms and the structures of fundamental entities. As a result, 8 feasible results for differential mechanisms with two degrees-of-freedom and two basic loops are obtained in which 2 are existing designs and the other 6 are novel.

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