Abstract: Tristable mechanisms, or devices with three distinct stable equilibrium positions, have promise for future applications, but the complexities of the tristable behavior have made it difficult to ...

Abstract: Many transgenic animal production techniques require egg cells to be held in place during injection of the transgene. This paper presents a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) mechanism that ...

Abstract: An underactuated or underconstrained compliant mechanism may have a determined equilibrium position because its energy storage elements cause a position of local minimum potential energy. The ...