Traditionally, the conceptual design of mechanisms was an art, based primarily on the
experience of the designer. Today, despite the great advances in the science of machine …

Conceptual design is an early phase in the design process, which involves the generation of
solution concepts to satisfy the functional requirements of a design problem. There can be …

Although many ingenious mechanisms have been designed, the fundamental task of
conceptualizing these devices is, to a great extent, still an art. While sophisticated …

A new knowledge-based approach for the synthesis of mechanisms, referred to as Pattern
Matching Synthesis, has been developed based on a combination of committee machine …

Two methods for mechanism synthesis using AI techniques are described, one consisting of
forward design reasoning and one of backward design reasoning. Results are given for …

This paper presents a rules-based computerized symbolic carrier regeneration method for
mechanical system conceptual design. In this method, design requirements of mechanical …

The problem addressed is an issue of developing physical embodiments from a set of
spatial configurations. These configurations are generated by a software program …

This paper describes how problems in machine design can be tackled by computer
modelling of the constraints that exist due to the design specification and the conceptual …

A knowledge-based dwell mechanism design program has been developed on the premise
that mechanism design can be considered as an example of general mechanical design …

Although numerous ingenious mechanisms have been designed and built, the fundamental
task of conceptualizing these devices is still a mixture of art and science. Sophisticated …