A four-bar linkage flower
Cameron Turner prepared this video of his four-bar linkage flower. At the end he shows the four-bar linkage that drives the pedals.
Entries by Prof. McCarthy
Four-bar linkage design using Mech Gen
This is the first assignment in my graduate mechanism synthesis class. It is supposed to be a flower with petals that open and close guided by a four-bar linkage. I did not realize that the shape I gave them for the petals would look so scary, but maybe it is appropriate for Halloween. This design […]
Shape-morphing linkages
This is an example of a shape-morphing linkage resulting from the research collaboration James Schmiedeler and Andrew Murray. This is an old design dating to when James was a Professor at Ohio State University. He is now at Notre Dame. Andrew Murray is a Professor at the University of Dayton.
Spare Tire Deployment for a Pickup Truck
This four-bar linkage was designed by Kaustubh Sonawale using MechGen to deploy the spare tire of a pickup truck.
UCI Energy Invitational 2013
Please join us on May 11, 2013 for the UCI Energy Invitational.
Workshop Presentations: 21st Century Kinematics
The NSF Workshop on 21st Century Kinematics at the 2012 ASME IDETC Conference in Chicago, IL on August 11-12, 2012 consisted of a series of presentations and a book of supporting material prepared by the workshop contributors. The book is now available at amazon.com: 21st Century Kinematics–The 2012 NSF Workshop. And here are the seven […]
21st Century Kinematics: Workshop Schedule
Here is the schedule for the IDETC/NSF Workshop on 21st Century Kinematics:
Workshop on 21st Century Kinematics: The Book
The presenters for the 2012 IDETC/NSF Workshop on 21st Century Kinematics, August 11-12, 2012, Chicago, Il, have gathered background information into this book published by Springer. It is a guided compilation of work by the presenters found in their recent papers and books. We are grateful to ASME, IJRR, Robotica and Springer for the permission […]
MechGen Poster for NSF
This is the poster describing MechGen that Kaustubh and Mark prepared for the NSF CMMI Conference in Boston, MA. It was very well received.
Design Exchange and HCD Connect
Interesting examples of web-sites designed to share information about project engineering methods and practice can be found at the two following sites: 1. The Design Exchange site managed by Celeste Roschuni of the Berkeley Expert Systems Technologies Laboratory under the direction of Prof. Alice Agogino. 2. The company IDEO, whose principal Dave Kelly is associated […]