For our final design of an optimized acrylic truss structure, we opted to maximize the maximum load to cost ratio. Our target was a max theoretical load of 50 oz and a load-cost ratio of 0.20. This is ...

In a span of two and half years, more than 300 groups of visitors came to tour, learn from and exchange ideas about the mass timber educational building going up on the George Brown College campus in ...

Abstract: This paper presents a novel truss-shaped variable-stiffness deployable robotic grasper to grasp large unknown objects, the grasper comprises a series of basic modules and has the advantages ...

I like the openness of a high ceiling. Is it possible to remove some roof trusses to convert part of the ceiling to a high, sloped one or ...