Abstract: Studies on the topology optimization of linkage mechanisms have thus far focused mainly on mechanism synthesis considering only kinematic characteristics describing a desired path or motion. Here, we propose a new topology ...

Abstract: Mechanisms that transform simple rotational motion into desired motions are essential for robots and automobiles. Designing such mechanisms without any baseline is challenging because it requires determining both the ...

Abstract: Mechanisms that transform simple rotational motion into desired motions are essential for robots and automobiles. Designing such mechanisms without any baseline is challenging because it requires determining both the ...

Abstract: Topology optimization for mechanism synthesis has been developed for the simultaneous determination of the number and dimension of mechanisms. However, these methods can be used to synthesize linkage mechanisms that consist ...