15 struts

15 Struts

15 strut tensegrity constructions are not obvious and were not explored by the original tensegrity researchers. They were later discovered via evolutionary or other form-finding techniques. Hod Lipson's evolutionary form-finding program developed one such model, shown below.

File:15 strut complex and highly dynamically coupled structure by Rieffel, Trimmer, Lipson.jpg

15 strut tensegrity structure generated by evolutionary software by Hod Lipson.

File:15 strut evolved by direct encoding by Rieffel, Valero-Cuevas, Lipson.jpg

15 strut tensegrity structure generated by evolutionary software by Hod Lipson.