Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications : Proceedings of the Fourth MeTrApp Conference 2017

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Morphing Wings and Control Surfaces: A New Approach in Aircraft Design....Pages 3-10
Designing Human Powered Balers for Straw Bale Construction in Developing Countries: The Case of Haiti....Pages 11-20
Guiding Linkages with Remote Centre of Rotation for Thermal Cutting Processes....Pages 21-30
Structural Synthesis of 2R1T Type Mechanisms for Minimally Invasive Surgery Applications....Pages 31-38
3R1H Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model for Compliant Mechanisms with Inflection Beams....Pages 39-47
A Spatial Four-Bar Linkage RSPS for Ball-Bar to Test R-pair....Pages 48-55
Leg Mechanisms Motion Characteristics....Pages 56-66
Design and Dimensional Optimization of a Novel Walking Mechanism with Firefly Algorithm....Pages 67-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Improving the Kinematics of Motion Curves for Cam Mechanisms Using NURBS....Pages 79-88
Assessment of the Rolling Contact Fatigue....Pages 89-98
The Stress Distribution in the Contact Region of a Cam Mechanism General Kinematic Pair....Pages 99-108
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
5 DoF Haptic Exoskeleton for Space Telerobotics – Shoulder Module....Pages 111-120
Kinematic Design of a Tripod Parallel Mechanism for Robotic Legs....Pages 121-130
Parallel Manipulators: Practical Applications and Kinematic Design Criteria. Towards the Modular Reconfigurable Robots....Pages 131-140
Two-Degree-of-Freedom Special Parallel Manipulator for Laser Interferometry-Based Tracker....Pages 141-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Design of Artificial Neural Network Predictor for Trajectory Planning of an Experimental 6 DOF Robot Manipulator....Pages 153-160
Fault-Tolerance Experiments with a Kinematically Redundant Holonomic Mobile Robot....Pages 161-170
Dual-Loop Motion Control for Geometric Errors and Joint Clearances Compensation of a Planar 2-PRP+1-PPR Manipulator....Pages 171-180
The Effects of Admittance Term on Back-Drivability....Pages 181-190
Design and Proposed Model Reference Trajectory Control of a Snake like Robot....Pages 191-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Free Vibration and Sensitivity Analysis of RV Reducer....Pages 203-211
Proof of Existence of a Gear Variator as Wheelwork with Constant Engagement of Toothed Wheels....Pages 212-223
Parameterized Substructure Model of PGT for Finite Element Contact Analysis....Pages 224-231
On the Impact of Transmission Error on the Dynamic Behavior of Geared-Linkages....Pages 232-239
Effect of the Coil Shape on Magnetic Field of an Electromagnet for Contactless Power Transmission to Microrobots....Pages 240-248
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
The Edge of Chaos in Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanism....Pages 251-260
Dynamics of Orthogonal Mechanism of Vibrating Table in View of Friction....Pages 261-268
Design of Neural Network Predictor for Vibration Analysis of a Drill Column Machine During Drilling Plastic Work-Pieces....Pages 269-278
Railway Vehicle Model Developed by ASELSAN....Pages 279-285
Back Matter....Pages 287-288