Simulation, Analysis, and Experimentation of the Compliant Finger as a Part of Hand-Compliant Mechanism Development
Compliant mechanisms are gaining popularity in many different fields, such as in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), medical applications and health care, opto-mechatronic technology, aerospace engineering, and semiconductor equipment. One of the areas for utilizing compliant mechanisms is buildi...
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| author | Dušan Stojiljković Maša Milošević Danijela Ristić-Durrant Vlastimir Nikolić Nenad T. Pavlović Ivan Ćirić Nikola Ivačko |
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| description | Compliant mechanisms are gaining popularity in many different fields, such as in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), medical applications and health care, opto-mechatronic technology, aerospace engineering, and semiconductor equipment. One of the areas for utilizing compliant mechanisms is building models of human hand counterparts. These models are often used as grasping and rehabilitation devices. Because of their properties, creating a human hand counterpart with compliant mechanisms is a much better choice compared with the models with traditional mechanisms; it looks more realistic, and its movements are much more natural compared with models with a traditional mechanism. A method of modeling and designing such a bio-inspired mechanism, as well as its experimental analysis with various forces applied, is presented in this paper. Two prototypes of the compliant fingers were obtained by 3D printing, and the calculation of the bending angle values was achieved by applying image processing to camera images of the compliant fingers’ prototypes. Image processing was conducted on images taken for both loaded and unloaded 3D-printed compliant finger prototype positions. Finally, these bending angle results are compared with the results obtained by Finite Element Method (FEM) analysis and experimental results acquired by a digital protractor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c2d6289ee3b4f6c848c1855a2dcb7382023-11-16T18:56:28ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-02-01134249010.3390/app13042490Simulation, Analysis, and Experimentation of the Compliant Finger as a Part of Hand-Compliant Mechanism DevelopmentDušan Stojiljković0Maša Milošević1Danijela Ristić-Durrant2Vlastimir Nikolić3Nenad T. Pavlović4Ivan Ćirić5Nikola Ivačko6Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, SerbiaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, SerbiaInstitute of Automation, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, GermanyFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, SerbiaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, SerbiaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, SerbiaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, SerbiaCompliant mechanisms are gaining popularity in many different fields, such as in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), medical applications and health care, opto-mechatronic technology, aerospace engineering, and semiconductor equipment. One of the areas for utilizing compliant mechanisms is building models of human hand counterparts. These models are often used as grasping and rehabilitation devices. Because of their properties, creating a human hand counterpart with compliant mechanisms is a much better choice compared with the models with traditional mechanisms; it looks more realistic, and its movements are much more natural compared with models with a traditional mechanism. A method of modeling and designing such a bio-inspired mechanism, as well as its experimental analysis with various forces applied, is presented in this paper. Two prototypes of the compliant fingers were obtained by 3D printing, and the calculation of the bending angle values was achieved by applying image processing to camera images of the compliant fingers’ prototypes. Image processing was conducted on images taken for both loaded and unloaded 3D-printed compliant finger prototype positions. Finally, these bending angle results are compared with the results obtained by Finite Element Method (FEM) analysis and experimental results acquired by a digital protractor.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/4/2490compliant mechanismflexure hingecomputer visionFEMhand rehabilitation |
| spellingShingle | Dušan Stojiljković Maša Milošević Danijela Ristić-Durrant Vlastimir Nikolić Nenad T. Pavlović Ivan Ćirić Nikola Ivačko Simulation, Analysis, and Experimentation of the Compliant Finger as a Part of Hand-Compliant Mechanism Development Applied Sciences compliant mechanism flexure hinge computer vision FEM hand rehabilitation |
| title | Simulation, Analysis, and Experimentation of the Compliant Finger as a Part of Hand-Compliant Mechanism Development |
| title_full | Simulation, Analysis, and Experimentation of the Compliant Finger as a Part of Hand-Compliant Mechanism Development |
| title_fullStr | Simulation, Analysis, and Experimentation of the Compliant Finger as a Part of Hand-Compliant Mechanism Development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simulation, Analysis, and Experimentation of the Compliant Finger as a Part of Hand-Compliant Mechanism Development |
| title_short | Simulation, Analysis, and Experimentation of the Compliant Finger as a Part of Hand-Compliant Mechanism Development |
| title_sort | simulation analysis and experimentation of the compliant finger as a part of hand compliant mechanism development |
| topic | compliant mechanism flexure hinge computer vision FEM hand rehabilitation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/4/2490 |
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