Abstract Compliant Mechanisms (CMs) present several desired properties for mechanical
designs. Conventional rigid-body mechanisms composed of rigid links connected at …

Flexure-jointed grippers provide compliant grasping capability, have low-cost and flexible
manufacturing, and are insusceptible to joint friction and wear. However, their grasp stiffness …

A new high precision ultra-compact decoupled XYZ θ motion stage based on flexure hinges
is designed and analyzed. The stage mainly consists of three components including serial …

Compliant mechanisms (CMs) exhibit some excellent mechanical properties and provide
numerous innovative solutions for many existing mechanical applications. Among them …

In order to realize the rapid analysis and optimization of the flexible support structure, the
parametric design method is used to establish the three-dimensional model. Basic …

Compliant mechanisms are commonly used in precision engineering while analyzing their
deflection is particularly challenging. Often, FEM simulations are chosen in an iterative …

Compliant universal joints have been widely used in many applications such as precision
transmission mechanisms and continuum robots. However, their nonlinear spatial analysis …

Compliant kaleidocycles exhibit continuous rotation and multistability. They have strong
application prospects in the exploration of new spatial mechanisms. However, limited by the …

BACKGROUND: The exoskeleton for lower limb rehabilitation is an uprising field of robot
technology. However, since it is difficult to achieve all the optimal design values at the same …

This paper applies the kirigami technique to a non-rigid foldable tubular origami to make a
rigid foldable tubular design, ie, a radially closable kirigami (RC-kiri). The laminar emergent …