Title :
Tensegrity Structures Research Evolution
Author_Institution :
United Technol. Res. Center, East Hartford, CT
Abstract :
The paper traces down the roots of the first man-made objects which resemble what are nowadays known as tensegrity structures and then shows how the tensegrity concept evolved, finding increasingly large audiences in engineering, mathematics, and biology
Keywords :
biology; mathematics; research and development; structural engineering; biology; engineering; man-made objects; mathematics; tensegrity concept; tensegrity structures research evolution; Art; Bars; Cables; Cells (biology); Evolution (biology); Needles; Poles and towers; Silver; Tendons; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 2006 45th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0171-2
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.2006.377416
