Compliant mechanism

In mechanical engineering, compliant mechanisms are flexible mechanisms that

transfer an input force and displacement at one port to an output force and
displacement at another port through elastic body deformation. These may be
monolithic (single-piece) or jointless structures.

Contents A laser welding robot positions the

workpieces by a compliant
Detail mechanism between table and fixture
Research laboratories and researchers
See also
References

Detail
Since many compliant mechanisms are single-piece structures, there is no need of assembly. With no joints, "rubbing" between two
parts or friction as seen at the joints of rigid body mechanisms is absent. Compliant mechanisms are
elastic.

Compliant mechanisms are usually designed using two techniques,[1] the first being a pseudo-rigid-body model and the second, the
topology optimization. Other techniques are being conceived to design these mechanisms. Compliant mechanisms manufactured in a
plane that have motion emerging from said plane are known as lamina emergent mechanisms (LEMs).

The flexible drive or resilient drive, often used to couple an electric motor to a machine (for example, a pump), is one example. The
drive consists of a rubber "spider" sandwiched between two metaldogs. One dog is fixed to the motorshaft and the other to the pump
shaft. The flexibility of the rubber part compensates for any slight misalignment between the motor and the pump. See rag joint and
giubo.

[2] was held on May 19-20, 2011 at Delft, Netherlands.

The Second International Symposium on Compliant Mechanisms,

Research laboratories and researchers

A number of labs and researchers are explicitly researching compliant mechanisms:

Prof. Larry Howell, Brigham Young University Compliant Mechanisms research[3]

Prof. Haijun Su at the Ohio State University[4][5]
[6]
Prof. Kota at University of Michigan Compliant Systems Design Lab
echnology[7]
Prof. Zentner at Ilmenau University of T
[8]
Prof. Martin Culpepper at MIT Precision Compliant Systems Laboratory
echnology[9]
Prof. Just L. Herder at Delft University of T
Prof. Engin Tanık and Prof. Volkan Parlaktaş at Hacettepe University[10]
[11]
Prof. Jonathan Hopkins at University of California, Los Angeles
Prof. Dennis Brouwer at Twente University, the Netherlands[12]
Tchnology[13]
Prof. Alexander Hasse at Chemnitz University of e
In addition, the following researchers may be doing compliant mechanism research:
 The Multidisciplinary and Multiscale Device and Design Laboratory (M2D2) at the Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore[14]
Prof. Sridhar Kota[15]
Prof. Shorya Awtar at University of Michigan[16]
Prof. G. K. Ananthasuresh at IISc, Bangalore[17]
Prof. Stephen L. Canfield at Tennessee Tech University[18]
Prof. Charles Kim at Bucknell University[19]
Prof. Anupam Saxena at IIT Kanpur, India[20]
, University Park[21]
Prof. Mary Frecker at The Pennsylvania State University
[22]
Prof. Guimin Chen, Compliant Mechanisms & Precision Instruments Lab at Xidian University
[23]
Prof. Guangbo Hao, Compliant Mechanisms and Robotics Research Group at University College Cork, Ireland
[24]
Prof. W.J. Zhang, Soft Body Mechanisms andRobots Research Group at University of Saskatchewan, Canada

See also
Stiffness
Remote Center Compliance

References
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Goldschmit, Mario Storti (Eds.) Buenos Aires, Argentina, 15-18 November 2010.
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