Reconfigurability of the origami-inspired integrated 8R kinematotropic metamorphic mechanism and its evolved 6R and 4R mechanisms

R Wang, Y Song, JS Dai - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2021 - Elsevier
Origami engineering as an interdisciplinary subject brings thriving progress of mechanisms
innovation. In this paper, a construction approach from origami to multiple spherical …

Synthesis, mobility, and multifurcation of deployable polyhedral mechanisms with radially reciprocating motion

G Wei, Y Chen, JS Dai - Journal of mechanical …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Extending the method coined virtual-center-based (VCB) for synthesizing a group of
deployable platonic mechanisms with radially reciprocating motion by implanting dual-plane …

Origami-inspired integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms

G Wei, JS Dai - Journal of Mechanical Design, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents two integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms that are
inspired and evolved from origami cartons with a crash-lock base. Investigating the crash …

Approaches for minimizing joints in single-degree-of-freedom origami-based mechanisms

NC Brown, C Ynchausti, A Lytle… - Journal of …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Origami patterns have been used in the design of deployable arrays. In engineering
applications, paper creases are often replaced with surrogate folds by providing a hinge-like …

Screw-system-variation enabled reconfiguration of the Bennett plano-spherical hybrid linkage and its evolved parallel mechanism

K Zhang, JS Dai - Journal of Mechanical Design, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents the Bennett plano-spherical hybrid linkage and proposes a novel
metamorphic parallel mechanism consisting of this plano-spherical linkage as part of limbs …

A spatial eight-bar linkage and its association with the deployable platonic mechanisms

G Wei, JS Dai - Journal of Mechanisms and …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents for the first time a novel two degrees of freedom (2-DOF) single-looped
dual-plane-symmetric spatial eight-bar linkage with exact straight-line motion. Geometry and …

A kirigami-inspired 8R linkage and its evolved overconstrained 6R linkages with the rotational symmetry of order two

K Zhang, JS Dai - Journal of Mechanisms and …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents a novel metamorphic 8R linkage extracted from a kirigami-fold with
pregrooved creases and two overconstrained 6R linkages evolved from the 8R linkage by …

[HTML][HTML] Novel spherical-planar and Bennett-spherical 6R metamorphic linkages with reconfigurable motion branches

X Ma, K Zhang, JS Dai - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2018 - Elsevier
A metamorphic linkage is capable of changing its motion branches and can be used as
mechanisms for reconfigurable robots for various tasks. This paper presents two novel …

[PDF][PDF] 机构自由度公式的基本形式, 自由度分析及其物理内涵

杨廷力, 沈惠平, 刘安心, 戴建生 - 机械工程学报, 2015 - qikan.cmes.org
对近十年提出的7 种自由度(Degree of freedom, DOF) 公式及其主要特点进行回顾.
给出基于约束分析的DOF 公式的统一形式与基于运动分析的DOF 公式的基本形式 …

Singularity-free workspace aimed optimal design of a 2T2R parallel mechanism for automated fiber placement

D Gan, JS Dai, J Dias, R Umer… - Journal of …, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper introduces a new concept of applying a parallel mechanism in automated fiber
placement (AFP) for aerospace part manufacturing. By investigating the system …