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Prof. McCarthy2013-06-11 06:23:152017-01-23 14:09:48Mechanization of the ballistic function
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Prof. McCarthy2013-05-07 03:10:542022-09-17 09:25:56Retractable handle
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Prof. McCarthy2013-05-03 15:10:362017-01-23 14:18:18Tensegrity Linkage
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Prof. McCarthy2013-03-22 11:44:392017-01-26 08:39:51Translational Linkages from Kempe
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Prof. McCarthy2013-03-22 03:51:322017-01-26 08:44:39An RSSR-TS Car Door Linkage
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Prof. McCarthy2013-01-27 20:18:072017-01-26 09:00:06Spherical Watt I six-bar up close
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Prof. McCarthy2013-01-26 17:50:252017-01-26 09:03:43Spherical Watt I six-bar linkage
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Prof. McCarthy2013-01-26 17:42:062017-01-26 09:07:54Stephenson II six-bar linkage function generator
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Prof. McCarthy2013-01-08 05:20:082017-01-26 09:12:33Mark Plecnik’s Art Project
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Prof. McCarthy2012-12-23 04:11:382022-09-17 09:25:56Cameron Turner’s Wheelbarrow Linkage
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Prof. McCarthy2012-12-23 03:12:292017-01-29 12:57:59Colin Sledge’s Aileron Linkage
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Prof. McCarthy2012-12-23 02:57:372022-09-17 09:25:56Brendan Smith’s Monitor Linkage
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Prof. McCarthy2012-12-23 02:49:282017-01-29 13:02:31Adam Shutt’s Automotive Spoiler Linkage
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Prof. McCarthy2012-12-23 02:22:102017-02-02 21:53:20Yang Liu’s Bookcase Linkages
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Prof. McCarthy2012-11-20 06:20:042017-02-02 22:06:55Kassim’s Eight-bar Linkage
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Prof. McCarthy2012-11-13 17:01:492017-02-02 22:10:55Six-bar folding handle
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Prof. McCarthy2012-11-04 02:19:502017-02-02 22:15:21Six-bar flower
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Prof. McCarthy2012-11-04 02:14:362017-02-02 22:19:56Six-bar butterfly
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Prof. McCarthy2012-10-24 16:38:252017-02-02 22:28:23Another four-bar linkage flower
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Prof. McCarthy2012-10-24 16:31:442017-01-29 10:18:19A four-bar linkage flowerLinkage Design Concepts
Jessica Koa designed the flower with petals actuated by six-bar linages.
Link Yun’s flower with six-bar linkages moving the petals.
Benjamin Liu’s Terrarium uses six-bar linkages to open the glass sides.
DJ Fuller’s Jack-o’Lantern uses six-bar linkages to open the segments.
Jessica Kao developed this sofa bed that opens using a six-bar linkage.
Ling Yun used our sofa beg linkage to display a gift.
Design Innovation
Student designs of six-bar linkages
Andrew Brouwer’s six-bar linkage to guide the petals.
Kamil Samaan designed this six-bar linkage.
Bojun Lin’s six-bar linkage guiding the pedals of a flower.
Colin Sledge’s six-bar flower.
Frank Liu’s six-bar flower.
Cameron Turner’s six-bar linkage flower.
Adam Shutt designed this six-bar to guide the opening of the petals of a flower.
Mohamed Ali designed this six-bar to guide the wings of this butterfly.
Tim Rasmussen designed this six-bar linkage to guide the petals of this flower.
Hsuan-chen Wan used MechGen 3 to design a six-bar linkage to guide the petals of the flower.
Student designs of four-bar linkages
Hsuan-chen Wan’s animation of a four-bar linkage that moves the petals of a flower.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvSmz3hYk-o[/youtube]
Cameron Turner’s design of a flower that moves with a four-bar linkage.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV0hQQn0OfI[/youtube]
Mohamed Ali’s four-bar linkage for the flower.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoCPh53_f9M[/youtube]
Scott Bougie’s animation of his flower design.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_1v7PjDWjg[/youtube]
Frank Liu’s four-bar linkage design for the petal movement.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsFgoPgpmXA[/youtube]
Yang Liu’s four-bar linkage flower.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWGrp2tvf0Q[/youtube]
Kamal Samaan’s design of the four-bar linkage driven flower.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO6JTY9HpLs[/youtube]
The flower designed by Colin Sledge.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFudL7fBUBU[/youtube]
This is Andrew Brouwer’s design for the flower.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s81Lrjsli_Y[/youtube]
Adan Amarillas designed this linkage.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6ZBBVFFivQ[/youtube]
Brandon Creager animated a spiral opening for the flower.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oar2wuqLxyA[/youtube]
Adam Shutts designed this linkage to open the petals.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5phQxLbKrU[/youtube]
Bojun Lin designed this flower linkage.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bi90cgQaU8[/youtube]
Kelly Lin designed this linkage.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm3P_dn3Zys[/youtube]
Tim Rasmussen designed the linkage to open and close the flower petals.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNMiDrbZGrU[/youtube]
This is the four-bar linkage designed by Ryan Kuehne.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jWBDXI81t4[/youtube]
Siqi Shi designed this four-bar linkage flower.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qvh9onP7cI[/youtube]
Tianming Cheng designed this four-bar linkage flower.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcnwIhc5-rU[/youtube]
Brendan Smith uses the movement of the petal linkage for a different application.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqAHqWz4cNk[/youtube]