Components, building blocks, and demonstrations of spherical mechanisms in microelectromechanical systems

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - DETC2005

Volumn 7 A, Issue , 2005, Pages 529-535

  Lusk, Craig P ^a   Howell, Larry L ^b  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

BUILDING BLOCKS; MICROMECHANISM; SPHERICAL MECHANISMS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33244477411     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2005-84672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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