Design of grip-and-move manipulators using symmetric path generating compliant mechanisms

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1123051-1123059

  Wang, N F ^a   Tai, K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; GRAPH THEORY; MANIPULATORS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

AUTOMATED SYNTHESIS; CONTINUUM STRUCTURES; GENERATING MECHANISM; MOVING BEHAVIOR; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; PROBLEM FORMULATION; SIMPLE++; STRUCTURAL TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; SYMMETRICS; TOPOLOGY OPTIMISATION;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 70449722504     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2976790     Document Type: Article

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