Use of Motion Design Elements in Modern Ukrainian Film and Television Production

The purpose of the research is to establish the role of motion design elements in Ukrainian cinema and television production, analyze the functions of motion-design objects, find out the prcularities of their use in various audiovisual works. The research methodology is based on a theoretical analysis of film and television production, generalization of the main compositional and technical techniques of visual content, determination of their interdependence and role in the process of creating an audiovisual product. Scientific novelty. The components of the motion design in the modern Ukrainian cinema and television production have been analyzed for the first time, a detailed analysis of the interdependence of the structural components of the motion design in various audiovisual works has been carried out, their influence on shaped solutions of film and television products has been shown. Conclusions. In the course of the article, we analyzed the elements of motion design in Ukrainian cinema and television. In the process of studying cinema, television products, the basic principles of creating animation graphics in the Ukrainian film, and telepost have been established. Composite and technical components of motion-design, which affect visual solutions of an audiovisual work have been processed in detail and systematized.

Motion Design with Efficient Actuator Placement for Adaptive Structures that Perform Large Deformations

Adaptive structures have great potential to meet the growing demand for energy efficiency in buildings and engineering structures. While some structures adapt to varying loads by a small change in geometry, others need to perform an extensive change of shape to meet varying demands during service. In the latter case, it is important to predict suitable deformation paths that minimize control effort. This study is based on an existing motion design method to control a structure between two given geometric configurations through a deformation path that is optimal with respect to a measure of control efficiency. The motion design method is extended in this work with optimization procedures to obtain an optimal actuation system placement in order to control the structure using a predefined number of actuators. The actuation system might comprise internal or external actuators. The internal actuators are assumed to replace some of the elements of the structure. The external actuators are modeled as point forces that are applied to the structure nodes. Numerical examples are presented to show the potential for application of the motion design method to non-load-bearing structures.

Unified Approach to the Motion Design for a Snake Robot Negotiating Complicated Pipe Structures

A unified method for designing the motion of a snake robot negotiating complicated pipe structures is presented. Such robots moving inside pipes must deal with various “obstacles,” such as junctions, bends, diameter changes, shears, and blockages. To surmount these obstacles, we propose a method that enables the robot to adapt to multiple pipe structures in a unified way. This method also applies to motion that is necessary to pass between the inside and the outside of a pipe. We designed the target form of the snake robot using two helices connected by an arbitrary shape. This method can be applied to various obstacles by designing a part of the target form specifically for given obstacles. The robot negotiates obstacles under shift control by employing a rolling motion. Considering the slip between the robot and the pipe, the model expands the method to cover cases where two helices have different properties. We demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method in various experiments.