Symmetry-Reduced Physics-Informed Learning of Tensegrity Dynamics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17824v1
• Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:23:23 GMT
• Title: Symmetry-Reduced Physics-Informed Learning of Tensegrity Dynamics
• Abstract summary: Most existing physics-informed neural network (PINN) approaches for tensegrity dynamics do not explicitly exploit intrinsic geometric symmetries.<n>We propose a symmetry-reduced physics-informed neural network (SymPINN) framework that embeds group-theory-based symmetry directly into both the solution expression and the neural network architecture.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Tensegrity structures possess intrinsic geometric symmetries that govern their dynamic behavior. However, most existing physics-informed neural network (PINN) approaches for tensegrity dynamics do not explicitly exploit these symmetries, leading to high computational complexity and unstable optimization. In this work, we propose a symmetry-reduced physics-informed neural network (SymPINN) framework that embeds group-theory-based symmetry directly into both the solution expression and the neural network architecture to predict tensegrity dynamics. By decomposing nodes into symmetry orbits and representing free nodal coordinates using a symmetry basis, the proposed method constructs a reduced coordinate representation that preserves geometric symmetry of the structure. The full coordinates are then recovered via symmetry transformations of the reduced solution learned by the network, ensuring that the predicted configurations automatically satisfy the symmetry constraints. In this framework, equivariance is enforced through orbit-based coordinate generation, symmetry-consistent message passing, and physics residual constraints. In addition, SymPINN improves training effectiveness by encoding initial conditions as hard constraints, incorporating Fourier feature encoding to enhance the representation of dynamic motions, and employing a two-stage optimization strategy. Extensive numerical experiments on symmetric T-bars and lander structures demonstrate significantly improved prediction accuracy and computational efficiency compared to standard physics-informed models, indicating the great potential of symmetry-aware learning for structure-preserving modeling of tensegrity dynamics.

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