Abstract: The traditional artifacts are very popular to play with for their magic tricks and these transformations contain potential theory of mechanisms. The assembly-circles artifact is a metamorphic ...

Abstract: In this work, the classic theory of Timoshenko beams is revisited using screw theory. The theory of screws is familiar from robotics and the theory of mechanisms. A key feature of the screw ...

Abstract: The platform based vibratory bowl feeders are essential elements in automatic assembly. Taking the bowl feeder as a typical three-legged rigidly connected compliant platform device, this paper ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the mobility and kinematics of the Hoberman switch-pitch ball, and particularly, its variant that does not resort to bevel gears. The ball variant is a general case of ...