conference paper published yes Tao Du author Adriana Schulz author Bo Zhu author Bernd Bickel author 49876194-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A870000-0001-6511-9385 Wojciech Matusik author BeBi department SIGGRAPH Asia: Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia Soft-bodied intelligence for Manipulation project We present an interactive system for computational design, optimization, and fabrication of multicopters. Our computational approach allows non-experts to design, explore, and evaluate a wide range of different multicopters. We provide users with an intuitive interface for assembling a multicopter from a collection of components (e.g., propellers, motors, and carbon fiber rods). Our algorithm interactively optimizes shape and controller parameters of the current design to ensure its proper operation. In addition, we allow incorporating a variety of other metrics (such as payload, battery usage, size, and cost) into the design process and exploring tradeoffs between them. We show the efficacy of our method and system by designing, optimizing, fabricating, and operating multicopters with complex geometries and propeller configurations. We also demonstrate the ability of our optimization algorithm to improve the multicopter performance under different metrics. https://research-explorer.ista.ac.at/download/1097/5298/IST-2017-759-v1+1_copter.pdf application/pdfno ACM2016Macao, China eng 00038844620006910.1145/2980179.2982427 356 Du, T., Schulz, A., Zhu, B., Bickel, B., &#38; Matusik, W. (2016). Computational multicopter design (Vol. 35). Presented at the SIGGRAPH Asia: Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia, Macao, China: ACM. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2980179.2982427">https://doi.org/10.1145/2980179.2982427</a> Du T, Schulz A, Zhu B, Bickel B, Matusik W. Computational multicopter design. In: Vol 35. ACM; 2016. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2980179.2982427">10.1145/2980179.2982427</a> T. Du, A. Schulz, B. Zhu, B. Bickel, and W. Matusik, “Computational multicopter design,” presented at the SIGGRAPH Asia: Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia, Macao, China, 2016, vol. 35, no. 6. Du T, Schulz A, Zhu B, Bickel B, Matusik W. 2016. Computational multicopter design. SIGGRAPH Asia: Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia, ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 35, 227. Du, Tao, et al. <i>Computational Multicopter Design</i>. Vol. 35, no. 6, 227, ACM, 2016, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2980179.2982427">10.1145/2980179.2982427</a>. Du, Tao, Adriana Schulz, Bo Zhu, Bernd Bickel, and Wojciech Matusik. “Computational Multicopter Design,” Vol. 35. ACM, 2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/2980179.2982427">https://doi.org/10.1145/2980179.2982427</a>. T. Du, A. Schulz, B. Zhu, B. Bickel, W. Matusik, in:, ACM, 2016. 10972018-12-11T11:50:07Z2025-09-22T14:17:29Z