Whenever I see the terms "AI" in any type of marketing material, I always
just assume the author really wants to use the word "magic". This looks
like one of those algorithmic part designs where you just give it a way to
simulate a given design and then let it just iterate on the problem to
optimize certain variables. That's really nothing more than a slightly
more advanced version of a monte carlo simulation. I seem to remember
seeing a similar idea for a race car frame but I've never seen any parts
designed using this technique in production. I think even the race car was
just an 'on paper' design.
I'd be curious to see where it goes, I think the production cost of 3d
printing is still holding back this design method, but maybe rockets are a
better place for this innovation than cars (even race cars)
Joe
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 11:18 AM Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Mon, 30 Mar 2020, Joe Bowen wrote:
https://www.dezeen.com/2020/03/30/hyperganic-ai-rocket-engine-3d-printed/
It's an interesting idea, but the result looks rather strange. No mention
of actual testing. But that's a big chunk of hardware to have printed in
Inconel -- doesn't seem likely that somebody would do that just to show
off...
Henry