Compliant mechanisms are crucial in a wide range of applications, and straight flexure
beams with uniform thickness serve as their fundamental building blocks. While techniques …

To solve the problem of insufficient constant-force stroke of the compliant constant force
mechanism (CFM), a FEA-based optimization method based on structural parameters is …

The compliant version of the 3-RRR (R-revolute joint) spherical parallel mechanism known
as “Agile-Eye” is presented. The kinetostatic analysis of this Compliant Spherical Parallel …

The concept of remote center of motion (RCM) is pivotal in a myriad of robotic applications,
encompassing areas such as medical robotics, orientation devices, and exoskeletal …

Many flexible structures are characterized by a small number of compliant modes, ie, large-
deformation paths that can be traversed with little mechanical effort, whereas resistance to …

The Delta robot, introduced by Clavel in the 1980s [1], is one of the most widely studied and
utilized parallel manipulators. The robot comprises three actuators on its base, which drive …

A wire beam is a single-translation constraint along its axial direction. It offers many
applications in compliant mechanisms, such as being a transmitting/decoupling element …

Soft grippers have demonstrated a strong ability to successfully pick and manipulate many
objects. A key limitation to their wider adoption is their inability to grasp larger payloads due …

The design of physical compliance–its location, degree, and structure–affects robot
performance and robustness in contact-rich tasks. While compliance is often used in the …

Here we introduce compliant mechanisms that can be triggered using bistable switches to
achieve two different states of stiffness (ie, high and low stiffness) along multiple degrees of …