Abstract: This paper proposes a new family of single degree of freedom (DOF) deployable mechanisms derived from the threefoldsymmetric deployable Bricard mechanism. The mobility and geometry of original threefoldsymmetric deployable ...

Abstract: In this paper, we present a virtual chain approach for the mobility analysis of multiloop deployable mechanisms. First, the relative motion of the links of singleloop units in multiloop mechanisms are analyzed using the ...

Abstract: In this paper, a class of large deployable mechanisms constructed by plane-symmetric Bricard linkages is presented. The plane-symmetric Bricard linkage is a closed-loop overconstrained spatial mechanism composed of six ...

Abstract: This paper presents the design methodology for a single-mobility, large surface-deployable mechanism using irregularly shaped triangular prismoid units. First, we demonstrate that the spherical shell, as the deployed profile ...