A method of simulating a motion of an object controlling another object based on an example motion or a previously generated motion of the object is disclosed. The method includes refining a motion of a first object based on a motion of the first object predicted based on a motion specification, and on a trajectory of a second object controlled by the first object, and simulating the motion of the first object and the trajectory of the second object based on a vector for controlling joints of the first object that is generated based on the refined motion.

A design engine automates portions of a mechanical assembly design process. The design engine generates a user interface that exposes tools for capturing input data related to the design problem. Based on the input data, the design engine performs various operations to generate a formalized problem definition that can be processed by a goal-driven optimization algorithm. The goal-driven optimization algorithm generates a spectrum of potential design options. Each design option describes a mechanical assembly representing a potential solution to the design problem.

A method and system for generating a set of framing plan solutions for a building construction project uses a combination of code-based, physical, and performance attribute constraints, parameters, and variables and a ranking system that together provide framing plan alternatives selected from a calculated set of all possible framing plans. The framing plan alternatives are selected in a logical manner that considers constraints that are required as well as user selected and weighted constraints. The set of framing plan alternatives are then ranked according to input from the designer and/or customer regarding the relative importance of each of the constraints, parameters, and variables of the building construction project.

A method for improving performance of a predefined Deep Neural Network (DNN) convolution processing on a computing device includes inputting parameters, as input data into a processor on a computer that formalizes a design space exploration of a convolution mapping, on a predefined computer architecture that will execute the predefined convolution processing. The parameters are predefined as guided by a specification for the predefined convolution processing to be implemented by the convolution mapping and by a microarchitectural specification for the processor that will execute the predefined convolution processing. The processor calculates performance metrics for executing the predefined convolution processing on the computing device, as functions of the predefined parameters, as proxy estimates of performance of different possible design choices to implement the predefined convolution processing.

A method, according to some implementations, includes obtaining trial design simulation results for a set of trial designs and determining a set of Pareto designs in the set of trial designs based at least in part on the trial design simulation results and one or more performance parameters. The method further includes determining a set of convex hull designs in the set of trial designs, determining a set of recommended designs based at least in part on the set of Pareto designs and the set of convex hull designs, and transmitting the set of recommended designs.

Aspects of the present disclosure address systems and methods for routing an integrated circuit design based on a maximum turn constraint. Data describing an integrated circuit is accessed. The integrated circuit design comprises a net specifying a connection between a first pin and a second pin. A maximum turn constraint is accessed. The maximum turn constraint specifies a maximum number of turns for connection paths generated in routing the integrated circuit design. The net is routed based on the maximum turn constraint. The routing of the net results in a routed net comprising a connection path between the first pin and the second pin that includes a number of turns that satisfy the maximum turn constraint. A layout instance for the integrated circuit design is generated based in part on the routed net.

A method for designing a mechanism including rigid bodies and mechanical joints including obtaining input parameter values which represent the mechanism in an input state. The method also includes determining output parameter values which represent the mechanism in an output state. The determining includes minimizing an objective function under constraints. The objective function penalizes a distance between the output dimensional values and the input dimensional values. The constraints include a first constraint representing verification of the closure equation by the output parameter values. The constraints further include a second constraint representing mobility of the mechanism in the output state. This forms an improved solution for designing a mechanism comprising rigid bodies and mechanical joints.

Methods and apparatus for vaporizing liquid into the surrounding environment, including directing liquid from a liquid source to a vaporization port where the vaporization port has lateral dimensions varying from 10 um to 300 um, applying heat to the liquid in the vaporization port with an at least one heating element located in thermal communication to the vaporization port, and releasing vaporized liquid from the vaporization port into the surrounding environment so that fluid is transported through the depth of the structure.

An integrated circuit layout is provided. The integrated circuit layout includes one or more first cell rows partially extending across a space arranged for an integrated circuit layout along a first direction. Each of the one or more first cell rows has a first height along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The integrated circuit layout includes one or more third cell rows partially extending across the space along the first direction. Each of the one or more third cell rows has a second height along the second direction, the second height different from the first height.

In some examples, a method for determining weldable and unweldable portions of a seam comprises receiving a representation of a part including the seam. The method also includes discretizing a representation of the seam into a plurality of waypoints. The method also includes evaluating each waypoint from the plurality of waypoints for feasibility of welding. The method further includes generating a weld path through at least a subset of the plurality of waypoints in accordance with the feasibility of welding.