Maple and DynaFlexPro play a vital role in 3-D biomechanical modeling and stability analysis of bipedal motion
The Control Systems Lab researchers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, directed by Associate Professor Kamran Iqbal, are doing ground-breaking work in the field of biomechanics, with special focus on biomechanical modeling of human voluntary movements. Using DynaFlexPro and Maple™, they rapidly produced a bipedal model to study the sit-to-stand transfer maneuver. By selecting the joints, bodies and frames carefully, it was easy to create biomechanical models. ...more
Maplesoft tools enable high fidelity modeling and simulation of vehicle dynamics for better design process
During the process of designing an automobile, the time required to build a model of a vehicle is critical in determining the time-to-market for the finished product. Before investing huge amounts of money to create a prototype of the vehicle, it is important for the design team to create a model to understand the dynamics of many subsystems and their interactions. Using radically new design tools such as Maplesoft’s DynaFlexPro for Maple,the University of Waterloo Alternative Fuels Team, participating in the Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility competition, built a high-fidelity simulation of a Chevy Equinox vehicle in a few short weeks. This product allowed them to iron out flaws in the design and start incorporating real components into the simulation, very early in the process. ...more
Innovative technology for modern sea transportation
SkySails’ Towing Kite Wind Propulsion Systems powered by Maple ...more
Maple Used to Model Static Electromagnetic Fields of Underwater Pipelines
The presence of underwater pipelines in the earth’s magnetic field and in a conducting medium such as the earth or ocean creates detectable magnetic and electric fields. Quantifying the strength of these disturbances requires the creation of complicated electromagnetic models. Using Maple, a team at Defence Research & Development Canada – Atlantic determined the strength and impact of these fields. The findings set to rest concerns that the electric and magnetic fields created by a standard iron pipeline would interfere with nearby equipment. It meant that the pipeline need not be built using stainless steel, resulting in large cost savings. ...more
Maple and DynaFlexPro aid in the development of new aerospace manufacturing technologies
The aerospace industry is beginning to embrace the gains of robotic automation in their manufacturing processes. Michel Lambert, a researcher at the Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Centre (AMTC), is investigating the use of robotic technologies for automating several aerospace manufacturing tasks that involve contact with the environment. All of these tasks require precise and repeatable motion from the robotic systems, which Lambert was able to achieve using Maple and DynaFlexPro from Maplesoft. “Using DynaFlexPro and Maple, I can achieve in a day what would normally take a week to do manually,” he said. “Maple is extremely intuitive and has a great interface." ...more
Maplesoft technology speeds up concept vehicle prototyping over 10,000 times
The design of any road vehicle is innately complex and time-consuming, but this is even more prominent when designing concept cars, as the futuristic cars are more innovative in design and unbounded by production constraints. The Mercedes-Benz F300 Life Jet is a prime example. Designing such a vehicle, from concept to modeling to prototyping, is very time-intensive.However, using the latest tools from Maplesoft, Maple 11™ together with DynaFlexPro™, this work can be reduced by four orders of magnitude. "No manufacturer, designer or engineer can afford to ignore a 1,000,000% increase in productivity… that is when 10,000 hours of work shrink into merely 45 minutes!," says Omer Yagel, the Maple user. ...more
Maple used for single-cylinder engine design to help EMAK achieve high efficiency
EMAK has employed Maple™, mathematics software for engineering applications from Maplesoft™, to develop new “clean” engines. Maple is used to simulate and predict performance and emissions, which plays a direct role in increasing the engine’s efficiency and reducing time-to-market. ...more
Maple contributes to revolutionary advancements in medical robotic technology
Imagine a time in which doctors can perform surgery on a patient without having to be in the same room, or even in the same city. Modern technology, aided by tools like Maple, is making such possibilities very real. Maplesoft is assisting Quanser Consulting to develop revolutionary haptic (feedback) technology, taking robotically assisted surgery to the next level. ...more
Maple and BlockBuilder for Simulink from Maplesoft help advance Maglev train technology
The concept of a magnetically levitated (Maglev) train is not new to science, but not much progress has been made to make it a successful commercial venture or to make Maglev train technology faster, cheaper, and more marketable. The complex design of a Maglev train is a disadvantage as the design process is extremely long. The original simulation development process took several months, but Maple and BlockBuilder for Simulink were used to reduce the design and simulation time from months to just a few weeks. ...more
Use of Maple optimizes financial modeling at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc
Maple™, from Maplesoft™ is an advanced mathematics software extensively used in the research, engineering, and academic fields. With its vast functional libraries for symbolic and numeric computation, combined with an intuitive graphical interface, Maple offers finance professionals an ideal platform to develop, design, and implement solutions for various problems. These include visualization and pricing of an interest rate option with stochastic volatility or finding a particular solution to a jump-diffusion PDE. The tool has been used for many years at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International, a large investment bank headquartered in London, England. ...more
Maple helps Ford Motor Company with analytical predictions of chain drive system resonances
Incessant noise and vibration in chain drive systems was a constant concern at Ford Motor Company. The Ford team took on the challenge of analytically predicting chain drive system resonance based on the assumption that existence of chain resonances can amplify the radiated chain meshing noise. To help deal with the complex calculations and analysis involved in developing advanced mathematical models, Ford used the mathematical software Maple. ...more
Maple technology helps make eye care more affordable
Leading not-for-profit organization When Joel Segre graduated from Stanford’s School of Engineering, his goal was to design medical devices that would be affordable to over four billion people in the world who earn under $2 a day. Working at a non-profit organization, Segre undertook the task of creating cheaper and more affordable intraocular lenses used in cataract treatment. Maple technology with its graphical interface and mix of symbolic and numerical calculation ability was a key tool in creating these lenses. ...more
Maplesoft’s Global Optimization Toolbox Plays Significant Role in Solving a Global Challenge
Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) location and discrimination struggle could finally get a remedy In a paper submitted at the 2006 INFORMS Annual Conference, Larry M. Deschaine presented an approach to solving the challenge of accurately locating and discriminating unexploded ordnance (explosives). He, along with colleagues Frank D. Francone and János D. Pintér, has developed a solution that fuses knowledge from Physics, Genetic Programming and Global Optimization. Maplesoft’s Global Optimization Toolbox is an important part of this solution. ...more
Maple helps Rotalink reduce development time and cost in micro motor production
Rotalink, the producer of a wide range of miniature power transmission products, used Maple™ - Maplesoft™’s mathematics software for engineering applications – in the design and simulation of a new AC miniature motor. The use of Maple helped the company reduce time-to-market and development cost. ...more
Maple plays a significant role in creating Humanoid Robots
Interview with Professor Atsuo Takanishi, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University ...more
Syrup Spices Up Electric Circuits
Researchers at mainframe computer manufacturer NCR observed an unexpected occurrence during fault testing of a modular three-phase power system for a mainframe computer. ...more
PDI/DreamWorks Tap into Maple As a Tool to Keep Creative Juices Flowing
You may not know of
Pacific Data Images (PDI) (Palo Alto, CA), but chances
are good you have seen their work-and probably in
multiple forms. ...more
How Math Matters in Design Optimization
An interesting example of how math really matters in design optimization is in the manufacturing of pianos. The mechanism that connects the pianist’s fingers to the hammer that strikes the strings, known as “the action”, has changed little since its invention in the 17th century. ...more
GAUSS and OpenMaple Size up the Economy
New application from Econotron arms GAUSS with Maple symbolics ...more
Quanser Consulting and CRS Rely on Maple To Speed Development of Robots
Quanser Consulting (Toronto, Canada) is used to facing tough technological challenges. With clients ranging from NASA and the National Science and Research Council of Canada to leading universities around the globe, Quanser is the world's leader in the design and manufacture of advanced systems for real-time control design and implementation used in education, research, and industrial applications. ...more
LSI Circuit Design Using Maple
Interview with Shiro Dosho, Team Leader, Semiconductor Development Headquarters - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. ...more
Development and Analysis of Power Steering Technology with Maple
Interview with Ikuo Kushiro, Head Staff, Second Vehicles Engineering Department - Fifth Development Center, Toyota Motor Corp. ...more
Research and Development of Optical Devices Using Maple
Interview with Yoshiyasu Ueno, Assistant Professor, D. Engineering,
The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo ...more
Developing Optical Zoom Lenses Using Maple
Interview with Kazuo Tanaka, Chief D. Engineer
Canon Inc. ...more
Maple assists researchers using MRI technology in the early detection of cancer tumors
Researchers at the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) are exploring applications of Maple in the interpretation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) information for the early detection and characterization of small tumors. ...more
Mapping it out with Maple
Creating maps of the world in a two-dimensional format has been a major challenge since antiquity. Over hundreds of years cartographers have developed many coordinate systems, called projections, to map their data. ...more
Modeling Dynamic Systems using Maple
Wherever mathematics is being taught or used, Maple has been proven time and again to be the software tool of choice for gaining understanding of advanced concepts or complex technical problems, as well as for providing a single integrated environment in which to develop solutions to those problems. ...more
Math Software Models Motions of Spacecraft's Robotic Arm
Canada's contribution to the International Space Station is the Mobile Servicing System (MSS), a complex manipulator that includes robot "arms" that can pick up and manipulate everything from delicate objects to large payloads. ...more
Hands-On Waterloo Maple
Waterloo Maple has developed
a software system to work with the portability of Casio's
new Windows CE device for exploring, learning and solving
problems in mathematics from algebra to calculus. ...more
Nortel's Use of Maple's Symbolic Computation Software
This case study describes a project undertaken by Nortel, which used Maple to develop a generic capacity model for their radio products, specifically designed to model the effect of the introduction of higher bandwidth services to traditional Public System Telephony Services (PSTN) radio systems. ...more
