# Digital Material Modeling and Simulation Case study of the design and optimization of Macro-DICE. Hardware Implementation: - [VoxRob](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/bej/voxrob) - [rover](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/ccameron/rover) - [DM3](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/bej/dm3) ## Structure Simulation Integration Using the [MetaVoxel simulation tool](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/amiraa/metavoxels): <img src="./200114_simulation.PNG" width="80%" /><br/> ## Robotics Design <img src="./dice_assembly.gif" width="80%" /><br/> ## Assembly - Option for different kinds of assembly (swarm assembly) <img src="./assembly.gif" width="80%" /> <br/> ## Control - [Check Control Function Graph](https://amiraa.pages.cba.mit.edu/physical-computing-design-tools/01_Code/physical_computing_interface/graph/control/control.html) <img src="./1rover4.gif" width="40%" /> <img src="./1rover2.gif" width="40%" /><br/> <img src="./1rover1.gif" width="40%" /> <img src="./1rover3.gif" width="40%" /> ## Optimization - Two level optimization - Shape (body) => [Hierarchal Local Online Shape Optimization](https://gitlab.cba.mit.edu/amiraa/metavoxels/-/blob/master/02_Presentation/top_opt/search.md) - Control (mind) => [AI that grows](../AI_that_grows/AI_grow.md) - Simultaneous optimization of shape and control