Advances in Flexible Mechanisms
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702). This special issue belongs to the section "Robotics, Mechatronics and Intelligent Machines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 3255
Special Issue Editors
Interests: applied mechanics; mechatronics; robotics
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Interests: mechatronics; deployable reflectors; robotics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Flexible mechanisms cover a large area of applications including aerospace, robotics, and bioengineering. Recently, compliant mechanisms have attracted the interest of researchers, particularly for their simplicity of manufacture and their high accuracy. They represent flexible mechanisms capable of transferring an input displacement or force to another point thanks to the elastic body deformation. Their main advantage is the absence of joints, which gives them the advantages of increased reliability and precision, combined with reduced wear and the lack of need for lubrication. Moreover, for the above-mentioned features, they are also perfectly suitable for micro- and nano-engineering applications (MEMS and NEMS), especially in the field of bioengineering.
This Special Issue aims to collect research papers, short communications, and review articles that focus on the design, characterization, and simulation of flexible mechanisms for various applications. Special (but not only) attention will be paid to the compliant mechanisms in the field of aerospace, as, for example, deployable reflectors.
Prof. Dr. Rosario Sinatra
Dr. Pietro Davide Maddio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- compliant mechanisms
- flexible mechanisms
- MEMS
- deployable structures
- aerospace
- surgical robots