Design, modeling and test of a novel compliant orthogonal displacement amplification mechanism for the compact micro-grasping system

Chen, Weilin; Zhang, Xianmin; Fatikow, Sergej

doi:10.1007/s00542-016-2989-x

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“…Advances. Castigliano's second theorem was employed to formulate the kinetostatics of bridge-type compliant amplifying mechanisms by Lobontiu and Garcia [76] and was later widely used in the field of compliant mechanisms [165,166]. From Ref.…”

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Kinetostatic and Dynamic Modeling of Flexure-Based Compliant Mechanisms: A Survey

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Cao

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Applied Mechanics Reviews

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Flexure-based compliant mechanisms are becoming increasingly promising in precision engineering, robotics, and other applications due to the excellent advantages of no friction, no backlash, no wear, and minimal requirement of assembly. Because compliant mechanisms have inherent coupling of kinematic-mechanical behaviors with large deflections and/or complex serial-parallel configurations, the kinetostatic and dynamic analyses are challenging in comparison to their rigid-body counterparts. To address these challenges, a variety of techniques have been reported in a growing stream of publications. This paper surveys and compares the conceptual ideas, key advances, and applicable scopes, and open problems of the state-of-the-art kinetostatic and dynamic modeling methods for compliant mechanisms in terms of small and large deflections. Future challenges are discussed and new opportunities for extended study are highlighted as well. The presented review provides a guide on how to select suitable modeling approaches for those engaged in the field of compliant mechanisms.

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Kinetostatic and Dynamic Modeling of Flexure-Based Compliant Mechanisms: A Survey

Ling

Howell

Cao

et al. 2020

Applied Mechanics Reviews

162

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“…Thenceforth, Castigliano's second theorem draws attention for the displacement amplifier analyzing. Chen et al [23] employed this versatile approach to describe the statics performance of the orthogonal displacement amplifier and Zhu et al [24] utilized it for both statics and dynamics model establishing. Besides, Chen et al [17] performed the analysis of the rhombus-type amplifier via the Castigliano's second theorem.…”

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A Review on the Flexure-Based Displacement Amplification Mechanisms

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Multifarious flexure-based displacement amplifiers have been proposed and studied in the past decades, showing importance in many industrial fields, such as bioengineering, optical instruments, and semiconductor technology. Displacement amplifiers provide precise motion and large stroke through a simple and low-cost way compared with other piezoelectric actuators. Those merits have opened a door for new and advanced micro devices with unprecedented performance. This paper aims to proffer a comprehensive review on the design, modeling, characteristics, and applications of flexure-based displacement amplifiers, following by pointing out the inherent drawbacks in this research area such as amplification ratio limit, parasitic motion, low lateral stiffness, low natural frequency, and discussing existing solutions and some potential research directions in those topics. Finally, a summary is concluded and the future development perspectives of the displacement amplifiers are discussed. This review contributes to giving a comprehensive understanding of the displacement amplifier, which provides guidance on designing new displacement amplifiers for improving their mechanical output performance. It is also expected to be instrumental for related researchers to understand displacement amplifiers, and to successfully select and design for specific applications.

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“…The typical secondary lever amplification mechanism and bridge type amplification mechanism are shown in Fig.5. Due to advantages of easy for calculation and compactness structure, these amplification mechanisms have been widely adopted in applications where large stroke are required [40], [41]. The amplification ratio of the secondary lever amplification mechanism and bridge type amplification mechanism can be derived by equation (2) and 3, respectively.…”

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Design of Reconfigurable Planar Micro-Positioning Stages Based on Function Modules

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Micro-positioning stages, which are capable to meet the emerging industrial trend for performing various kinds of micro-manipulation and micro-assembly tasks are the crucial tools to miniaturize the products under ultra-high precision. The current main practice is to specifically tailor a monolithic positioning stage design for one kind of micro-manipulation application. However, the design and fabrication of such a specific flexure-based micro-positioning stage are expensive in both the time and financial investment. In order to increase the flexibility and functionality of micro-positioning stages, this paper proposes a novel reconfigurable planar micro-positioning stages platform based on different function modules. A functional model-based approach is developed to divide one micro-positioning stage into a set of functionally independent sub-models, which allows flexible composition resulting in an adjustable new stage. The robustness of the proposed platform is demonstrated using some typical micro-positioning stages benchmarking cases. The effectiveness of assembly using flexible function modules is verified to show the benefits of the proposed design platform for reconfigurable micro-positioning stages. INDEX TERMS Reconfigurable micro-positioning stage, function modules, modular, low cost.

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Design, modeling and test of a novel compliant orthogonal displacement amplification mechanism for the compact micro-grasping system

Abstract: verified. Furthermore, a microgripper utilizing the proposed mechanism is presented. The performances of the gripper, including the displacement amplification and the parallel movement of the jaws, are verified by FEA and experiments.

Cited by 23 publications

References 27 publications

Kinetostatic and Dynamic Modeling of Flexure-Based Compliant Mechanisms: A Survey

Kinetostatic and Dynamic Modeling of Flexure-Based Compliant Mechanisms: A Survey

A Review on the Flexure-Based Displacement Amplification Mechanisms

Design of Reconfigurable Planar Micro-Positioning Stages Based on Function Modules

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