Microactuators and Micromechanisms: Proceedings of MAMM 2014, Timisoara, Romania, October 2-4, 2014 (Mechanisms and Machine Science Book 30)

This book contains applications of micromechanisms and microactuators in several very modern technical fields such as mechatronics, biomechanics, machines, micromachines, robotics and apparatuses. In connection with its topic, the work combines the theoretical results with experimental tests on micromechanisms and microactuators. The book presents the most recent research advances in Machine and Mechanisms Science. It includes the accepted reviewed papers of researchers specialized in the topics of the conference: microactuators and micro-assembly, micro sensors involving movable solids, micro-opto-mechanical devices, mechanical tools for cell and tissue studies, micromanipulation and micro-stages, micro-scale flight and swimming, micro-robotics and surgical tools, micron-scale power generation, miniature manufacturing machines, micromechatronics and micro-mechanisms, biomechanics micro and nano scales and control issues in microsystems. The presented applications of micromechanisms and microactuators in many technical fields will interest industrial companies and encourage scientifical knowledge and cooperation between academia and industry. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii A Compliant Mechanism as Rocker Arm with Spring Capability for Precision Engineering Applications....Pages 1-7 Steering and Non-steering Crawling Tetrahedral Micro-mechanisms....Pages 9-22 New Kinematic Designs of Flexure Hinge Based 3 DoF Translational Micromanipulators....Pages 23-31 Development of Adaptive Compliant Gripper Finger with Embedded Actuators....Pages 33-49 Overview and Classification of Flexure Hinge Based Micromanipulators....Pages 51-59 Axis Cross-Coupling Reduction on a High Bandwidth XY Flexure Stage....Pages 61-71 Some Structural and Kinematic Characteristics of Micro Walking Robots....Pages 73-86 Development of a 3-DOF Compliant Robotic Local Structure with Large Twist Angle....Pages 87-98 A Hexapod Walking Micro-robot with Artificial Muscles....Pages 99-120 Side Chain Kinematics Simulation on Protein Conformational Changes....Pages 121-132 Design and Fabrication of Millimeter-Scale Crossed-Cylinder Wrist Mechanism with Two Degrees of Freedom....Pages 133-141 Conception of a Mechanical System for Rehabilitation of Hand Function for Use in Medical Training Therapy....Pages 143-158 Modeling, Parametric Synthesis and Characterization of Bellow-Type Pneumatic Micro-actuator....Pages 159-168 Stability Analysis of Semi-kinematic Mountings used in Modular Reconfigurable Micro Factory Testbed....Pages 169-176 Multibody System Simulation of Hysteresis Effect by Micro Textile-Reinforced Compliant Mechanisms with Piezo-electric Actuators....Pages 177-189 Electrical Performance of Electrically Conductive Silicone Rubber in Dependence on Tensile Load According to Various Parameters....Pages 191-199 This book contains applications of micromechanisms and microactuators in several very modern technical fields such as℗lmechatronics, biomechanics, machines, micromachines, robotics and apparatuses. In connection with its topic, the work combines the theoretical results with experimental tests on℗lmicromechanisms and microactuators. The book presents the most recent research advances in Machine and Mechanisms Science. It includes the accepted reviewed papers of researchers specialized in the topics of the conference: microactuators and micro-assembly, micro sensors involving movable solids, micro-opto-mechanical devices, mechanical tools for cell and tissue studies, micromanipulation and micro-stages, micro-scale flight and swimming, micro-robotics and surgical tools, micron-scale power generation, miniature manufacturing machines, micromechatronics and micro-mechanisms, biomechanics micro and nano scales and control issues in microsystems.℗l The presented applications of℗lmicromechanisms℗land microactuators in many technical fields will interest industrial companies and encourage scientifical℗lknowledge and℗lcooperation between academia and industry