Design and Stiffness Evaluation of a Compliant Joint with Parallel Architecture Realizing an Approximately Spherical Motion

Design and Stiffness Evaluation of a Compliant Joint with Parallel Architecture Realizing an Approximately Spherical Motion

This paper introduces the design of a fully-compliant Spherical Joint (SJ), obtained by the in-parallel connection of two identical open chains each composed of three equal circular flexible beams, having coincident centers of curvature and mutually orthogonal axes of minimum rotational stiffness. T...

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Main Authors: Farid Parvari Rad, Rocco Vertechy, Giovanni Berselli, Vincenzo Parenti-Castelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Actuators
Subjects:
compliant mechanisms/actuators
spherical joint
circular flexible beams
compliance matrix
finite element analysis
design graphs
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/7/2/20

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