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Machines, Volume 12, Issue 2

February 2024 - 63 articles

Cover Story: This paper presents a planar cable-driven model of a simple mechanism that is able to measure forces and displacements. The formulation to calculate the displacement of the point of the applied force and the formulation to calculate the force are presented and validated with a simulation and by using a real test bench for experimentation. A multi-body system is used for the simulation, and the results are compared and discussed. Four cases are analysed to test the formulation, including the friction in pulleys and in the joint connection between the mobile part and the fixed part of the mechanism. Future works will be oriented toward reducing the dimensions of the conceived mechanism in order to implement the model in minimally invasive robotic surgery instruments. View this paper
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Articles (63)

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,672 Views
19 Pages

Tolerance Specifications Management Integrated into the Product Development Cycle

  • Mattia Maltauro,
  • Roberto Meneghello and
  • Gianmaria Concheri

19 February 2024

In tolerancing activities focusing on the allocation of geometrical tolerances, many critical issues originate from the non-optimal assignment of responsibilities among the organization units involved. This paper aims to depict relations between diff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,689 Views
27 Pages

Simulation and Validation of an 8 × 8 Scaled Electric Combat Vehicle

  • Junwoo Kim,
  • Moustafa El-Gindy and
  • Zeinab El-Sayegh

19 February 2024

In this research, an 8 × 8 scaled electric combat vehicle (SECV) is built. The scaled vehicle is evaluated in both experimental and simulated methods to analyze its performance. The scaled vehicle is developed to apply the Ackermann condition b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,829 Views
12 Pages

Design and Construction of a Prototype of an Assisting Device for Arm Exercise

  • Marco Ceccarelli,
  • Susana Sanz,
  • Vicente Díaz and
  • Matteo Russo

17 February 2024

A new portable arm exercise device is presented as a laboratory prototype to assist arm movements in rehabilitation therapies and movement exercises. Unlike the devices currently used, a portable design is proposed, with easy assembly and operational...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,556 Views
20 Pages

Challenges and Opportunities in Electric Vehicle Charging: Harnessing Solar Photovoltaic Surpluses for Demand-Side Management

  • Paula Bastida-Molina,
  • Yago Rivera,
  • César Berna-Escriche,
  • David Blanco and
  • Lucas Álvarez-Piñeiro

17 February 2024

The recharging of electric vehicles will undoubtedly entail an increase in demand. Traditionally, efforts have been made to shift their recharging to off-peak hours of the consumption curve, where energy demand is lower, typically during nighttime ho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,302 Views
18 Pages

17 February 2024

Abrasive disc grinding is currently a key manufacturing process to achieve better accuracy and high-quality surfaces of TC17 components. Grinding force, which results from the friction and elastic–plastic deformation during the contact and inte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,143 Views
13 Pages

Design of a Flexible Skill-Based Process Control System Considering Process-Relevant Properties

  • Aleksandra Müller,
  • Steffen Wurm,
  • Phil Willecke,
  • Oliver Petrovic,
  • Werner Herfs and
  • Christian Brecher

17 February 2024

The Industry 4.0 research initiative strives to facilitate globally interconnected, flexible, and highly adaptable production systems. The use of skill-based control mechanisms such as OPC UA skills offers the prospect of a straightforward and flexib...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,641 Views
25 Pages

Design and Control of a Climbing Robot for Autonomous Vertical Gardening

  • Marko Jamšek,
  • Gal Sajko,
  • Jurij Krpan and
  • Jan Babič

17 February 2024

This paper focuses on the development of a novel climbing robot that is designed for autonomous maintenance of vertical gardens in urban environments. The robot, designed with a unique five-legged structure, is equipped with a range of electrical and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,702 Views
26 Pages

17 February 2024

Milling parts with low rigidity (thin-walled parts) are increasingly attracting the interest of the academic and industrial environment, due to the applicability of these components in industrial sectors of strategic interest at the international lev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,976 Views
12 Pages

An Investigation of Residual Stresses after the Turning of High-Tempered Bearing Steel

  • Anna Mičietová,
  • Mária Čilliková,
  • Robert Čep,
  • Branislav Mičieta,
  • Juraj Uríček and
  • Miroslav Neslušan

17 February 2024

This study is focused on analysing residual stresses (RSs) after turning high-tempered bearing steel through the use of the X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique. Phase transformations expressed in terms of the near-surface white layer (WL) and the corre...

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