... is a minimum, maximum, or saddle point. We apply our approximate synthesis technique to two applications: a hummingbird wing mechanism and a sea turtle flipper gait. Suitable mechanisms were selected from the respective solution sets and used to build physical prototypes. Email: soconn22@nd.edu 1...

... are many times uninitiated in involved procedures of synthesis of mechanisms and related concepts of Path Curvature Theory. This paper proposes a predominantly graphical approach using properties of Inflection Circle (IC) to synthesize a crank rocker mechanism for tracing a coupler curve which includes...

... , “ Optimum Kinetimatics Design of Drives for Wheeled Mobile Robots Based on Cam-Roller Pairs ,” ASME J. Mech. Des. , 129 (1), pp. 7 – 16 . 10.1115/1.2359476 [10] Demeulenaere , B. , and De Schutter , J. , 2003 , “ Synthesis of Inertially Compensated Variable-Speed Cams ,” ASME J. Mech. Des...