by mbp11 | Sep 10, 2000 | Publications
Micro-bistable mechanisms are used in microswitches and microvalves to reduce power consumption as power is applied only to switch states. Many of the bistable mechanism designs that have been presented incorporate rigid-body joints. These joints introduce unwanted...
by mbp11 | Sep 1, 1997 | Publications
Several optimization-based strategies have been proposed for compliant mechanism design that do not rely on the experience or intuition of the designer. This paper demonstrates an optimization-based method wherein compliant mechanisms are modeled parametrically within...
