Stiffness analysis on a wide-range flexure hinge-based parallel manipulator

Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 90-95

  Sun, Lining ^a   Dong, Wei ^a   Du, Zhijiang ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Flexure hinge; Parallel manipulator; Stiffness analysis; Stiffness matrix

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HINGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBOTS; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

ELASTIC MODEL; FLEXURE HINGE; PARALLEL MANIPULATOR; STIFFNESS ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS MODEL;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 24344493015     PISSN: 05776686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3901/jme.2005.08.090     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Lobontiu N, Paine J S N, Garcia E, et al. Corner-filleted flexure hinges. ASME J. of Mechanical Design, 2001, 123(3): 346-352
2. Lobontiu N, Paine J S N. Design of symmetric conic-section flexure hinges based on close-form compliance equations. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2002, 37(5): 477-498
3. Lobontiu N, Garcia E. Two-axis flexure hinges with axially-collocated and symmetric notches. Computers and Structures, 2003, 81(31): 1329-1341
4. Ryu J W, Gweon D G. Error analysis of a flexure hinge mechanism induced by machining imperfection. Precision Engineering, 1997, 21(2, 3): 83-89
5. Zhang S L, Fasse E D. A finite-element-based method to determine the spatial stiffness properties of a notch hinge. ASME J. of Mechanical Design, 2001, 123(1): 141-147
6. Midha A, Howell L L, Norton T W. Limit position of compliant mechanisms using the pseudo-rigid-body model concept. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2000, 35(1): 99-115
7. Lobontiu N, Paine J S N, O'Malley E. Parabolic and hyperbolic flexure hinges: flexibility, motion precision and stress characterization based on compliance closed-form equations. Precision Engineering, 2002, 26(2): 183-192
8. Tanikawa T, Ukiana M, Morita K, et al. Design of 3-DOF parallel mechanism with thin plate for micro finger module in micro manipulation. In: The 2002 IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Proceeding, 2002: 1778-1783
9. Ryu J W, Lee S Q, Gweon D G, et al. Inverse kinematic modeling of a coupled flexure hinge mechanism. Mechatronics, 1999, 9(6): 657-674
10. Wang S C, Hikita H, Kubo H, et al. Kinematics and dynamics of a 6 degree-of-freedom fully parallel manipulator with elastic joints. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2003, 38(5): 439-461
11. Yi B J, Na H Y, Chung G B, et al. Design and experiment of a 3-DOF parallel micro-mechanism utilizing flexure hinges. In: The 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation Proceeding, 2002: 1167-1172
12. Liu X J, Wang J S, Gao F, et al. On the design of 6-DOF parallel micro-motion manipulators. In: The 2001 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Proceeding, 2001: 343-348
13. Chung G B, Yi B J, Suh L H, et al. Design and analysis of a spatial 3-DOF micromanipulator for tele-operation. In: The 2001 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Proceeding, 2001: 337-342