Recent Advances in Compliant Mechanisms
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702). This special issue belongs to the section "Machine Design and Theory".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 218
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Compliant mechanisms utilize the elastic properties of materials to create desired output motion and offer significant advantages in simplifying design, improving efficiency, and enhancing accuracy over traditionally designed rigid body mechanisms. This Special Issue is dedicated to exploring the latest developments in the design, application, modeling, and manufacturing of complex compliant mechanisms. Their application areas cover a wide range, including, but not limited to, energy harvesting, upper and lower body exoskeletons, biomimetic locomotive robots, soft robots, high-speed and precision positioning stage-based mechanisms, lamina emergent and folding mechanisms, and open-chain and closed-chain compliant mechanisms.
The Special Issue highlights advancements in the kinetostatic modeling of small and large deflecting compliant mechanisms, as well as the derivation of mathematical models for the dynamic modeling of complex compliant mechanisms. Additionally, there have been substantial improvements in the manufacturing techniques used for compliant mechanisms to enhance their overall performance.
We encourage researchers and practitioners in the field to contribute their findings to this Special Issue and present the outcomes of their studies on the design, modeling, and application of compliant mechanisms. This collection will highlight the potential of compliant mechanisms across various applications and provide valuable insights into future advancements in the field.
Dr. Ayse Tekes
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- compliant mechanisms
- soft robots
- flexible machines
- lamina emergent mechanisms
- foldable mechanisms
- mechanism synthesis
- nonlinear modeling
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