Abstract
Reconfigurable mechanisms are a relatively recent contribution to the field of mechanism design and authors have only just been producing real-life applications of these mechanisms. This paper builds on the application of two categories of reconfigurable mechanisms by elaborating on a generalised static balancing theory suggested in a previous review paper [1]. These categories are single loop mechanisms with one degree of freedom per mode, and single loop mechanisms with multiple degrees of freedom per mode. In this paper it is shown that all configurations of the single DoF mechanisms can be balanced using a single spring. The multiple DoF mechanisms can be balanced by balancing each link with respect to the previous link. These balancing strategies are mathematically shown to be valid. The balancing strategy is then applied to a reconfigurable rehabilitation mechanism for patients with a lower limb paralysis by Tseng et al. [2] of which a simulation and a prototype is made to validate the theory. From the simulation and prototype follows that the single spring balancing of multiple configurations of a single DoF mechanism is possible.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2018 International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, ReMAR 2018 - Proceedings |
Editors | Just, L. Herder, Volkert van der Wijk |
Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ, USA |
Publisher | IEEE |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781538663806 |
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Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Event | 4th IEEE/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, ReMAR 2018 - Delft, Netherlands Duration: 20 Jun 2018 → 22 Jun 2018 |
Conference
Conference | 4th IEEE/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, ReMAR 2018 |
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Country/Territory | Netherlands |
City | Delft |
Period | 20/06/18 → 22/06/18 |