Interdisciplinary Applications of Kinematics: Proceedings of the Third International Conference (IAK)

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
 Optimal Lap Time for a Race Car: A Planar Multibody Dynamics Approach  (Jorge Ambrósio, Luís Marques)....Pages 1-21
 The Influence of Axle Kinematics on Vehicle Dynamics  (Georg Rill, Abel Arrieta Castro)....Pages 23-31
 Automotive Mechanisms for Improving Fuel Economy  (Madhusudan Raghavan)....Pages 33-41
 Detection of Surface Texture with an Artificial Tactile Sensor  (Moritz Scharff, Jorge H. Alencastre, Carsten Behn)....Pages 43-50
 Analysis of the Dynamic Behavior of Beams Supported by a Visco-Elastic Foundation in Context to Natural Vibrissa  (Jhohan Chavez Vega, Moritz Scharff, Thomas Helbig, Jorge H. Alencastre, Valter Böhm, Carsten Behn)....Pages 51-59
 Design of a Cable-Driven Device for Elbow Rehabilitation and Exercise  (Marco Ceccarelli, Lucia Ferrara, Victor Petuya)....Pages 61-68
 Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) Emulation Using a Highly Flexible Robotic System  (Catalina Almeida, Nikolas Bufe, Stefan Mattheis, Stephan Lang, Andrés Kecskeméthy)....Pages 69-79
 Characteristics of a Lower Limb Exoskeleton for Gait and Stair Climbing Therapies  (Dante A. Elias, Diego Cerna, Christian Chicoma, Renato Mio)....Pages 81-92
 A 3D-Printed Prosthetic Hand with Modular Reconfigurable Fingers  (Renato Mio, Marlene Bustamante, Giancarlo Salazar, Dante A. Elias)....Pages 93-102
 Design and Analysis of a Lower Limb Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation  (Giancarlo Villena Prado, Raimo Yli-Peltola, Miguel B. Castro Sanchez)....Pages 103-114
 A Method to Identify the Difference in Kinematic Behavior of Human Model Lower Extremities with Respect to Muscle Activation During Crash Impact  (Kishan Srinivas Indrani, Nils A. Hakansson, Hamid M. Lankarani)....Pages 115-127
 Modeling for the Design of a Lower Limb Exoskeleton for People with Gait Impairments  (Christian Chicoma, Oscar Cieza, Enrique Pujada, Dante A. Elias)....Pages 129-139
 Human Modeling for Biomechanical Analysis of Closed Kinetic Chain Exercises of the Leg  (Christian G. Chicoma, Fabricio G. Canales, Jose G. Garcia, Marco Morales, Dante A. Elias, Elizabeth R. Villota)....Pages 141-151
 VDI 2742: Electronic Motion Control Systems for Linkage Mechanisms: Principal Uses and Aspects of Realization  (Burkhard Corves, Reinhard Braune, Rolf Blümel)....Pages 153-165
 MechDev—A New Software for Developing Planar Mechanisms  (M. Müller, T. Mannheim, M. Hüsing, B. Corves)....Pages 167-175
 Shaking Force Balance of the Peaucellier-Lipkin Straight-Line Linkage  (Volkert van der Wijk)....Pages 177-184
 The Potential of the 7R-R Closed Loop Mechanism to Transfer Motion Between Two Shafts with Varying Angular Position  (Luca Luzi, Nicola Sancisi, Vincenzo Parenti-Castelli)....Pages 185-195
 Auxetic Regions in Large Deformations of Periodic Frameworks  (Ciprian S. Borcea, Ileana Streinu)....Pages 197-204
 Singularity Analysis of a Spherical Robot Used in Upper Limb Rehabilitation  (I. Birlescu, C. Vaida, A. Pisla, G. Carbone, D. Pisla)....Pages 205-213
 Higher-Order Kinematics of Rigid Bodies. A Tensors Algebra Approach  (Daniel Condurache)....Pages 215-225
 Design of a Solar Powered Mobile Illumination Tower with a Solar Tracker Mechanism for Increased Efficiency  (D. Lavayen, E. Pujada, D. Olivera, A. Maguina, M. Choque, W. Bullon)....Pages 227-235
 Computational Tool for the Intelligent Design of Gearboxes of Cylindrical Gears and Welded Housing  (Rosendo Franco, Michael A. Blas, Luis H. Inafuku, Angel A. C. Peinado, Jean C. Soto, Alberto E. Solano et al.)....Pages 237-247
 Compliant Mechanisms for Ultra-Precise Applications  (René Theska, Lena Zentner, Thomas Fröhlich, Christian Weber, Eberhard Manske, Sebastian Linß et al.)....Pages 249-256
 Tilt Sensitivity Modeling of a Monolithic Weighing Cell Structure  (Maximilian Darnieder, Thomas Fröhlich, René Theska)....Pages 257-264
 Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms by Use of Different Polynomial Flexure Hinge Contours  (P. Gräser, S. Linß, L. Zentner, R. Theska)....Pages 265-274