... linkage in all its versions, planar, spherical, and spatial, as well as that of a transmission for the conversion of a rotation about a vertical axis into one about a horizontal axis. bars couplings curve fitting design engineering structural engineering surface fitting qualitative synthesis...

... 2010 23 04 2011 19 07 2011 19 07 2011 couplings matrix algebra overconstrained 6R mechanisms closed-loop solution polynomial Sylvester elimination joint-space Overconstrained mechanisms have mobility over a finite range of motion without satisfying the Grübler...

... couplings design engineering human-robot interaction manipulator kinematics 31 05 2010 26 04 2011 19 07 2011 19 07 2011 2011 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... of Path Generating Mechanisms From a Library ,” Mech. Mach. Theory , 29 ( 2 ), pp. 223 – 235 . 10.1016/0094-114X(94)90032-9 12 Nie , X. , and Krovi , V. , 2005 , “ Fourier Methods for Kinematic Synthesis of Coupled Serial Chain Mechanisms ,” ASME J. Mech. Des. , 127 ( 2 ), pp. 232...

.... , 1973 , “ Constant-Velocity Shaft Couplings: A General Theory ,” ASME J. Eng. Ind. 0022-0817 , 95 , pp. 455 – 464 . 10.1115/1.3438177 Milenkovic , P. , 2009 , “ Triangle Pseudocongruence in Constraint Singularity of Constant-Velocity Couplings ,” ASME J. Mech. Rob. 1942-4302 , 1 ( 2...

... to the spatial RPRP closed linkage, for which one solution exists. control system synthesis couplings end effectors mobile robots Synthesis of parallel robots has focused mainly on type or structural synthesis, using group theory, screw theory, or geometric methods, see, for instance, Refs. 1 2...

... alloy wire is developed from a robust numerical model. The model for the large deflection of a beam element due to follower forces resulting from discrete actuation using a SMA wire is coupled with the proposed framework. Thus, the response of the link is correlated with the input voltage. The algorithm...

...Paul Milenkovic The parallel connection of a revolute-spherical-revolute Clemens linkage with a revolute-universal joint (RU) spherical linkage realizes a two-axis spherical pointing device suitable for use in a robot wrist. The design is derived from a Clemens linkage constant-velocity coupling...

... passive joints become collinear ( 2 3 4 5 ). By treating the P-joint as an R-joint connecting two infinite links at infinity, a sub-branch can be identified with the following criterion. 11 03 2009 17 02 2010 10 02 2011 10 02 2011 bars chains couplings rotation...

... Conference on Decision and Control , Tuscon, AZ, pp. 96 – 101 . Nijmeijer , H. , and van der Schaft , A. , 1996 , Nonlinear Dynamical Control Systems , Springer , New York . 12 10 2009 20 09 2010 30 11 2010 30 11 2010 couplings deformation geometry...

... kinematic time derivative kinematic differential equation curvature theory Euler–Savary relation four-bar linkage Taylor series tilt train bars couplings differential equations fasteners 27 02 2010 01 09 2010 23 11 2010 23 11 2010 2011 American Society...

... of elasticity, where translational and rotational compliances are decoupled. Furthermore, the translational compliance may be represented graphically as an ellipse and the coupling between the translational and rotational components as vectors. These representations facilitate geometric insight...

... mechanisms are shown to be defect-free and satisfy all functional requirements. An example is given to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method. 15 10 2008 12 02 2010 14 10 2010 14 10 2010 bars couplings defect-free synthesis Stephenson-II mechanism function...

... 09 2010 bars couplings end effectors In general, manipulators exert forces and moments on their base when moving, which leads to fatigue, vibration, noise, etc., in the supporting structure. A mechanism is said to be reactionless or dynamically balanced if, for any motion...

... of the point P on the connecting rod 12 07 2009 14 12 2009 31 08 2010 31 08 2010 bars couplings fuzzy set theory harmonic analysis harmonics numerical analysis spatial four-bar linkage dimensional synthesis harmonic component Fourier series The task...

... 23 07 2010 couplings gears geometry kinematics numerical analysis toy manufacturing industry Hoberman switch-pitch ball eight-bar radial linkage overconstrained mechanisms screw-loop equation mobility kinematics singularity Artifacts such as origami and transformable...

... and the pertinent terminology will be illustrated here using a simple mechanism application. Consider the basic four-bar mechanism shown schematically in Fig. 1 . Within the last couple of decades, yet another wave of interest has hit the mechanism synthesis community with the introduction of evolutionary...

... a circle or polygon diagram. Two such examples were presented in the first part of the paper. 30 01 2009 17 12 2009 03 05 2010 03 05 2010 couplings The instant center of velocity (IC) of two bodies in plane motion is defined as the common point to these bodies...

... the focus of the center-point curve is revealed. 30 04 2009 09 09 2009 19 04 2010 19 04 2010 couplings shafts A center-point curve is the locus of feasible fixed pivot locations for a planar RR dyad that will guide the coupler through four finitely separated positions...

... inversions. 11 04 2008 28 08 2009 11 01 2010 bars couplings flexible structures reliability Full rotatability of a linkage is referred to the ability of the input link to complete a continuous rotation continuously and smoothly. It is a problem that may be encountered in any...