... them first-class candidates not only for microswitches but also several other robotic appliances. This paper investigates the actuation of a simple bistable mechanism, the bistable buckled beam. It is pointed out that the position of the actuation has a significant impact on the behavior of the system...

... and is suitable for low-power microswitching applications. The design process involved a combination of single and multiple degree-of-freedom PRBM and finite element models to quickly proceed from a concept rigid-body mechanism to fully compliant fabrication-ready geometry. The 3DOF model presented here...