The objective of this work is to develop a specialized integrated design tool for MEMS compliant mechanisms from topology to shape optimization. We use the topology optimization technology to obtain an optimal mechanism layout achieving the best overall system performance. This design process is followed by shape optimization to improve stress-based local performance around hinges of the mechan...

We present a quantum annealing-based solution method for topology optimization (TO). In particular, we consider TO in more general setting, i.e., applied to structures of continuum domains where designs are represented as distributed functions, referred problems. According the problem's properties and structure, formulate appropriate sub-problems that can be solved on an computer. The methodolo...