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Mak, Robin (author), Amoozandeh, A. (author), Radaelli, G. (author), Herder, J.L. (author)Differential mechanisms are remarkable mechanical elements that are widely utilized in various systems; nevertheless, conventional differential mechanisms are heavy and difficult to use in applications with limited design space. This paper presents a curved differential mechanism that utilizes a lightweight, compliant structure. This...journal article 2024
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Amoozandeh, A. (author), Herder, J.L. (author), Radaelli, G. (author)Compliant mechanisms have the potential to be utilized in numerous applications where the use of conventional mechanisms is unfeasible. These mechanisms have inherent stiffness in their range of motion as they gain their mobility from elastic deformations of elements. In most systems, however, complete control over the elasticity is desired....journal article 2024
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Roberjot, P. (author), Herder, J.L. (author)Auxetic metamaterials are architected structures that possess a unique property known as a negative Poisson's ratio. This remarkable characteristic enables them to expand or contract in a direction perpendicular to stretch or compression. Due to their exceptional attributes such as energy absorption and fracture resistance, these auxetic...journal article 2024
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Suryavanshi, Kartik (author), Hamaza, S. (author), van der Wijk, V. (author), Herder, J.L. (author)In this paper, we present the ADAPT, a novel reconfigurable force-balanced parallel manipulator for spatial motions and interaction capabilities underneath a drone. The reconfigurable aspect allows different motion-based 3-DoF operation modes like translational, rotational, planar, and so on, without the need for disassembly. For the purpose of...conference paper 2023
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Amoozandeh, A. (author), Herder, J.L. (author), Radaelli, G. (author)Continuously Variable Transmissions (CVT) can serve as subsystems for a variety of machineries and robotic systems. A compliant CVT mechanism based on the warping of twisting beams is presented here. The design works based on the demonstrated fact that the twist on one side of a beam can be transferred via sectional warping and propagate...journal article 2023
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van den Doel, Gregor J. (author), Herder, J.L. (author), Farhadi Machekposhti, D. (author)The ability to convert reciprocating, i.e., alternating, actuation into rotary motion using linkages is hindered fundamentally by their poor torque transmission capability around kinematic singularity configurations. Here, we harness the elastic potential energy of a linear spring attached to the coupler link of four-bar mechanisms to...journal article 2023
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van Wegen, M. (author), Herder, J.L. (author), Adelsberger, Rolf (author), Pastore-Wapp, Manuela (author), Van Wegen, Erwin E H (author), Bohlhalter, Stephan (author), Nef, Tobias (author), Krack, Paul (author), Vanbellingen, Tim (author)We often interact with our environment through manual handling of objects and exploration of their properties. Object properties (OP), such as texture, stiffness, size, shape, temperature, weight, and orientation provide necessary information to successfully perform interactions. The human haptic perception system plays a key role in this. As...review 2023
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Amoozandeh, A. (author), Radaelli, G. (author), Herder, J.L. (author)A cantilevered rod's endpoint has a symmetric stiffness profile throughout its range of motion. Generally, this is not the case for spatially curved compliant beams, particularly if they are asymmetric, i.e., their fixation is not in the symmetry plane of their endpoint operating field. This paper discusses a technique for obtaining symmetric...journal article 2023
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Blad, Thijs (author), van Ostayen, R.A.J. (author), Herder, J.L. (author), Tolou, N. (author)The usually high eigenfrequencies of miniaturized oscillators can be significantly lowered by reducing the stiffness through stiffness compensation. In this work, a mechanical design for a compliant ortho-planar mechanism is proposed in which the stiffness is compensated to such a degree that it can be identified as statically balanced. The...journal article 2022
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Tschiersky, Martin (author), Hekman, Edsko E.G. (author), Herder, J.L. (author), Brouwer, Dannis M. (author)Passive shoulder supports show large potential for a wide range of applications, such as assisting activities of daily living and supporting work-related tasks. The rigid-link architecture used in currently available devices, however, may pose an obstacle to finding designs that offer low protrusion and close-to-body alignment. This study...journal article 2022
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Mak, Robin (author), Amoozandeh, A. (author), Radaelli, G. (author), Herder, J.L. (author)Differential mechanisms are remarkable mechanical elements that are widely utilized in various systems; nevertheless, conventional differential mechanisms are heavy and difficult to use in applications with limited design space. In this paper, a curved lightweight compliant type of differential mechanism is presented. This mechanism acquires...conference paper 2022
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Rommers, J. (author), Naves, M. (author), Brouwer, D. M. (author), Herder, J.L. (author)In this study, a flexure-based (compliant) linear guide with a motion range comparable to its footprint is presented. The design consists of two-folded leaf springs on which torsion reinforcement structures are added. Due to these structures, only two-folded leaf springs are needed instead of a minimum of five as in preexisting designs. The...journal article 2022
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Amoozandeh, A. (author), Radaelli, G. (author), van de Sande, W.W.P.J. (author), van Ostayen, R.A.J. (author), Herder, J.L. (author)Compliant mechanisms (CM) with adaptive stiffness have been widely used in robotics and machine design applications. This paper proposes adapting the endpoint stiffness of a spatially curved compliant beam using a movable torsional stiffener and a new graphical characterization method for the resulting anisotropic stiffness of the endpoint...journal article 2022
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Kok, Sjaak (author), Radaelli, G. (author), Amoozandeh, A. (author), Herder, J.L. (author)Elastic neutral stability in compliant mechanisms is a remarkable appearance since it requires the energetic state of the structure to remain unchanged during a deformation mode. Several examples in literature require either plastic deformation or external constraints to be enforced to obtain a state of pre-stress and often require the use of...journal article 2021
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Wang, M. (author), Ge, Daohan (author), Zhang, Liqiang (author), Herder, J.L. (author)Compliant micromechanisms (CMMs) acquire mobility from the deflection of elastic members and have been proven to be robust by millions of silicon MEMS devices. However, the limited deflection of silicon impedes the realization of more sophisticated CMMs, which often require larger deflections. Recently, some novel manufacturing processes have...review 2021
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Borcea, Ciprian S. (author), Broeren, F.G.J. (author), Herder, J.L. (author), Streinu, Ileana (author), van der Wijk, V. (author)Auxetic behavior refers to lateral widening upon stretching or, in reverse, lateral shrinking upon compression. When an initially auxetic structure is actuated by compression or extension, it will not necessarily remain auxetic for larger deformations. In this paper, we investigate the auxetic range in the deformation of a periodic framework...journal article 2021
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Compliant Mechanisms That Use Static Balancing to Achieve Dramatically Different States of StiffnessKuppens, P.R. (author), Bessa, M.A. (author), Herder, J.L. (author), Hopkins, J. B. (author)Stiffness in compliant mechanisms can be dramatically altered and even eliminated entirely by using static balancing. This requires elastic energy to be inserted before operation, which is most often done with an additional device or preloading assembly. Adding such devices contrasts starkly with primary motivations for using compliant...journal article 2021
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Kuppens, P.R. (author), Bessa, M.A. (author), Herder, J.L. (author), Hopkins, J. B. (author)We introduce two essential building blocks with binary stiffness for mechanical digital machines. The large scale fully compliant mechanisms have rectilinear and rotational kinematics and use a new V-shaped negative stiffness structure to create two extreme states of stiffness by static balancing. The use of a mechanical bistable switch...journal article 2021
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Rommers, J. (author), van der Wijk, V. (author), Herder, J.L. (author)In this paper we present two new designs of spherical flexure joints, which are the compliant equivalent of a traditional ball-and-socket joint. The designs are formed by tetrahedron-shaped elements, each composed of three blade flexures with a trapezoidal shape, that are connected in series without intermediate bodies. This is new with...journal article 2021
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de Jong, J. J. (author), Müller, A. (author), Herder, J.L. (author)Dynamic balance eliminates the fluctuating reaction forces and moments induced by high-speed robots that would otherwise cause undesired base vibrations, noise and accuracy loss. Many balancing procedures, such as the addition of counter-rotating inertia wheels, increase the complexity and motor torques. There exist, however, a small set of...journal article 2021
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