Generative design techniques for soft robot manipulators

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:

• generating a first plurality of candidate designs for the continuum robot, wherein each candidate design included in the first plurality of candidate designs is based on a first set of values for a set of design parameters;
• determining a first performance value for each candidate design included in the first plurality of candidate designs;
• based at least in part on the first performance values, selecting a subset of candidate designs from the first plurality of candidate designs;
• and
• based on the subset of candidate designs, generating a second plurality of candidate designs for the continuum robot, wherein each candidate design included in the second plurality of candidate designs is based on a second set of values for the set of design parameters.

A system, comprising:

• a memory that stores instructions;
• and
• a processor that is communicatively coupled to the memory and is configured to, when executing the instructions, perform the steps of:
• generating a first plurality of candidate designs for the continuum robot, wherein each candidate design included in the first plurality of candidate designs is based on a first set of values for a set of design parameters;
• determining a first performance value for each candidate design included in the first plurality of candidate designs;
• based at least in part on the first performance values, selecting a subset of candidate designs from the first plurality of candidate designs;
• and
• based on the subset of candidate designs, generating a second plurality of candidate designs for the continuum robot, wherein each candidate design included in the second plurality of candidate designs is based on a second set of values for the set of design parameters.