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RISApproximation of Cylindrical Surfaces With Deployable Bennett Networks
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper presents a one-degree-of-freedom network of Bennett linkages which can be deployed to approximate a cylindrical surface. The geometry of the unit mechanism is parameterized and its position kinematics is solved. ...
Novel Deployable Mechanisms With Decoupled Degrees of Freedom
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A novel family of deployable mechanisms (DMs) is presented. Unlike most such devices, which have one degreeoffreedom (DOF), the proposed DM can be deployed and compacted independently in two or three directions. This widens ...
Design and Testing of a Highly Reconfigurable Fixture With Lockable Robotic Arms
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The paper describes an innovative fixture created within the AUTORECON project of the European Commission's 7th Framework Program. The fixture is designed to respond to the automotive industry's needs of high modularity ...
A Network of Type III Bricard Linkages
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Among Bricard's overconstrained 6R linkages, the third type has two collapsed configurations, where all joint axes are coplanar. This paper presents a one-degree-of-freedom network of such linkages. Using the two coplanar ...