Flexure-based compliant mechanisms are becoming increasingly promising in precision
engineering, robotics, and other applications due to the excellent advantages of no friction …

Compliant hinges are one of the most widely used design elements in precision mechanism
design. They enable higher precision rotation than multi-part hinges and facilitate the …

The modeling of beam mechanisms, especially non-uniform beams, becomes complicated
due to the geometric nonlinearity that is proved to be significant with large deflection. A new …

In fields requiring precision manipulation, monolithic flexures are frequently used to guide
motion. They utilize the structure's predictable elastic deformation, when a force is applied …

The large stroke is usually realized by lowering stiffness along the degrees of freedom,
which usually leads to a decrease of stiffness along the degrees of constraint. A high …

The triply periodic minimal surface lattice structure is innovatively introduced into the design
of flexure hinges in this paper. Four types of triply periodic minimal surface lattices are …

Flexure or compliant mechanisms have found application in many nano/micro and macro
devices. They usually provide guided motion via elastic deformation of their flexure beams …

The objective of this paper is to propose a novel nonlinear dynamic model for parallelogram
flexure mechanisms. First, Hamilton's principle is used to derive the equations of motion of …

To improve the global stiffness and conveniently build a model of a compliant mechanism
with spatial multiple degrees of freedom (DOF), the topology optimization method, combined …

Bi-stable mechanisms can remain in two positions without a power input or locking system.
These mechanisms can achieve large displacements with low energy, requiring power only …