...Guangbo Hao; Xiuyun He; Jiaxiang Zhu; Haiyang Li A wire beam is a single-translation constraint along its axial direction. It offers many applications in compliant mechanisms, such as being a transmitting/decoupling element connected to a linear actuator and being a fundamental constitutive element...

... and Robotics Committee of ASME for publication in the J ournal of M echanical D esign . 19 07 2023 29 09 2023 02 10 2023 07 11 2023 soft robotics grasping soft finger compliant mechanism fin ray effect neural network Natural Sciences and Engineering Research...

... and compliance models) can accurately describe the relationship between the driving displacement and the output pose of the compliant mechanism. For the piezoelectric actuator, its fast dynamic mode (vibration motion) converges quickly, and its slow dynamic mode (creep motion) lasts for a long time. Therefore...

... ) The parallelogram compliant mechanism module in the guiding mechanism is shown in Fig. 8 . The compliance matrix of the flexure beam 1 C p1 in the coordinate frame xo 1 y can be expressed as follows: (10) C p 1 = P ( r 1 ) C g 0 P ( r 1 ) T where C g0...

...Myung-Jin Choi; Seonho Cho This paper presents a configuration and sizing design optimization method for large deformation planar compliant mechanisms, using a continuum-based adjoint design sensitivity analysis (DSA) approach for built-up structures. Under the total Lagrangian formulation...

... Email: b013022011@gmail.com Email: cclan@mail.ncku.edu.tw Contributed by the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee of ASME for publication in the J ournal of M echanical D esign . 02 05 2019 01 09 2019 08 09 2019 19 09 2019 compliant mechanism constant-force...

...Ishit Gandhi; Hong Zhou A constant torque compliant mechanism (CM) generates an output torque that keeps invariant in a large range of input rotation. Because of the constant torque feature and the merits of CMs, they are used in automobile, aerospace, medical, healthcare, timing, gardening...

... beam zero stiffness compliant mechanism Spring elements in a machine serve to store energy and provide restoring force. In structured environments such as factories, the stiffness of a machine needs to be high enough in order to increase its accuracy, speed, and load capacity, although...

...Justin Beroz; Shorya Awtar; A. John Hart References [1] Culpepper , M. L. , and Anderson , G. , 2004 , “ Design of a Low-Cost Nano-Manipulator Which Utilizes a Monolithic, Spatial Compliant Mechanism ,” Precis. Eng. , 28 ( 4 ), pp. 469 – 482 . 10.1016/j.precisioneng.2004.02.003...

... environments. The ACFM is a monolithic compliant mechanism that has no frictional wear and is capable of miniaturization. We propose a design formulation to find optimal mechanism configurations that produce the most constant-force. A resulting force to displacement curve and maximal stress curve can be easily...

... patient access. This paper presents an MRI-compatible manipulator using elastically averaged binary pneumatic air muscles (PAMs) to orient a needle into a targeted region of the prostate under the command of a physician. The proposed manipulator is based on an all-polymer compliant mechanism designed...

...Hong Zhou; Pranjal P. Killekar The modified quadrilateral discretization model for the topology optimization of compliant mechanisms is introduced in this paper. The design domain is discretized into quadrilateral design cells. There is a certain location shift between two neighboring rows...

... mechanism are provided. The synthesis approaches enable us to design a compliant mechanism with a desired number of stable positions. 14 10 2010 24 06 2011 10 08 2011 10 08 2011 The presentation of the paper is organized as follows: First, a fully compliant bistable mechanism...

...Quentin T. Aten; Shannon A. Zirbel; Brian D. Jensen; Larry L. Howell An underactuated or underconstrained compliant mechanism may have a determined equilibrium position because its energy storage elements cause a position of local minimum potential energy. The minimization of potential energy...

... violating stress constraints. Various examples are provided throughout the paper to demonstrate the implementation and merit of these design approaches. design engineering elasticity mechanical stability springs (mechanical) compliant mechanism nonlinear spring spring synthesis geometric...

...Gang-Won Jang; Myung-Jin Kim; Yoon Young Kim We developed a design method to configure optimal compliant mechanisms consisting of standardized elements such as semirigid beams, hubs, and joints. In the proposed design approach, mechanism compliance is based upon elastic deformations of joint...

...% strain value recommended for SMA actuators. Based on the analytical and simulation inputs, the mechanism is miniaturized further with the aim of increasing its workspace and is fabricated for further experimental investigations. Howell , L. L. , 2001 , Compliant Mechanisms , Wiley , New...

... design engineering finite element analysis genetic algorithms springs (mechanical) compliant mechanism nonlinear spring nonlinear spring synthesis geometric nonlinearity nonlinear stiffness Compliant mechanisms are jointless, one-piece mechanisms that transfer force and motion via...

... carbon nanotubes elasticity compliant mechanism pseudo-rigid-body flexure carbon nanotube molecular simulations nanomechanical nanoelectromechanical The development of devices that provide controlled motion ( 1 ) is key to the engineering of nanoscale machines. Several biologically...

...Kerr-Jia Lu; Sridhar Kota A unified approach to topology and dimensional synthesis of compliant mechanisms is presented in this paper as a discrete optimization problem employing both discrete (topology) and continuous (size) variables. The synthesis scheme features a design parameterization method...