Abstract: This paper presents parallel kinematic XY flexure mechanism designs based on systematic constraint patterns that allow large ranges of motion without causing over-constraint or significant error ...

Abstract: In order to test small scale medical devices, it is often necessary to prototype them on a larger scale such that proof-of-concept tests can be made more affordably and design details can ...

Abstract: The beam flexure is an important constraint element in flexure mechanism design. Nonlinearities arising from the force equilibrium conditions in a beam significantly affect its properties as a ...

Abstract: Cranes are the most important pieces of equipment on many construction sites. While technological advances have been made in crane hardware, the communication system used to coordinate the crane operator's actions with ...

Abstract: Automation and robots are frequently mentioned as solutions to industrywide problems of increasing costs, declining productivity, skilled‐labor short‐ages, safety, and quality control. Despite numerous attempts to develop ...

Abstract: Precurved needles are used in a variety of medical applications for both passive and active control of instrument position. In one application, the deployment of a precurved stylet from a ...

Abstract: Active control of die-level temperature is required during production testing of high power microprocessors in order to ensure accurate performance classification, but control is becoming more ...

Abstract: As a minimally invasive means of extracting a tissue sample from a patient, current endoscopic biopsy needles generally do not preserve tissue histology and often require multiple attempts to ...

Abstract: This paper describes the design and development of a calibration phantom to be used to aid in the calculation of the temporal resolution of tomographic imaging devices. Current practice for ...

Abstract: A calibration phantom that can be used to measure the temporal resolution of a CT scanner was designed utilizing a deterministic design process. The system was first defined in terms of a ...