... 01 2011 constraint theory design engineering mechanics optimisation sampling methods Due to the wide use of computation intensive tools in engineering design, metamodeling has become a popular approach in recent years ( 1 2 ). Most researchers use metamodels as a surrogate during...

...Clément M. Gosselin This paper aims at developing a general framework for the use of the concept of adaptive mechanical system in the design of advanced robotic devices. The concept of adaptive mechanical system is first formalized. A design methodology is then proposed in order to formulate...

... for that part. Conditions and character of the adhesive-like solution are outlined in the paper. Contributed by the Power Transmission and Gearing Committee for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received January 2001. Associate Editor: R. F. Handschuh. 01 January 2001...

... in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received Feb. 2000. Associate Editor: R. F. Handschuh. 4 Serret-Frenet frame, center of curvature and evolute Bricard, R., 1926, Lec¸ons de Cine´matique, 2 , pp. 337–343, 2 pp. 253–257, Gauthier-Villars, Paris. Phillips , J...

...Dan Zhang; Cle´ment M. Gosselin This paper introduces several new types of parallel mechanisms with prismatic actuators whose degree of freedom is dependent on a constraining passive leg connecting the base and the platform. A general kinetostatic model is established for the analysis...