All Outputs (6)

Inverse kinematics and workspace analysis of the metamorphic hand (2014)
Journal Article
Gao, Z., Wei, G., & Dai, J. (2015). Inverse kinematics and workspace analysis of the metamorphic hand. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 229(5), 965-975. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406214541429

This paper investigates for the first time inverse kinematics of a four-fingered metamorphic hand. Compared with the current existing robotic hands, the most significant feature of the metamorphic hand is the introduction of a foldable and reconfigur... Read More about Inverse kinematics and workspace analysis of the metamorphic hand.

Synthesis, mobility and multifurcation of deployable polyhedral mechanisms with radially reciprocating motion (2014)
Journal Article
Wei, G., Chen, Y., & Dai, J. (2014). Synthesis, mobility and multifurcation of deployable polyhedral mechanisms with radially reciprocating motion. Journal of Mechanical Design, 136(9), 091003. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4027638

Extending the method coined virtual-center-based (VCB) for synthesizing a group of deployable platonic mechanisms with radially reciprocating motion by implanting dual-plane-symmetric 8-bar linkages into the platonic polyhedron bases, this paper prop... Read More about Synthesis, mobility and multifurcation of deployable polyhedral mechanisms with radially reciprocating motion.

Origami-inspired integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms (2014)
Journal Article
Wei, G., & Dai, J. (2014). Origami-inspired integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms. Journal of Mechanical Design, 136(5), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4025821

This paper presents two integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms that are inspired and evolved from origami cartons with a crash-lock base. Investigating the crash-lock base of the origami cartons, the first overconstrained mechanism is... Read More about Origami-inspired integrated planar-spherical overconstrained mechanisms.

A spatial eight-bar linkage and its association with the deployable platonic mechanisms (2014)
Journal Article
Wei, G., & Dai, J. (2014). A spatial eight-bar linkage and its association with the deployable platonic mechanisms. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 6(2), 021010. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4025472

This paper presents for the first time a novel two degrees of freedom (2-DOF) single-looped dual-plane-symmetric spatial eight-bar linkage with exact straight-line motion. Geometry and kinematics of the eight-bar linkage are investigated and closed-f... Read More about A spatial eight-bar linkage and its association with the deployable platonic mechanisms.

DEXDEB : application of DEXtrous robotic hands for DEBoning operation (2014)
Book Chapter
Wei, G., Stephan, F., Aminzadeh, V., Wurdemann, H., Walker, R., Dai, J., & Gogu, G. (2014). DEXDEB : application of DEXtrous robotic hands for DEBoning operation. In F. Rohrbein, G. Veiga, & C. Natale (Eds.), Gearing Up and Accelerating Cross-Fertilization between Academic and Industrial Robotics Research in Europe (217-235). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03838-4_11

Reconfigurable and deployable platonic mechanisms with a variable revolute joint (2014)
Book Chapter
Wei, G., & Dai, J. (2014). Reconfigurable and deployable platonic mechanisms with a variable revolute joint. In J. Lenarčič, & O. Khatib (Eds.), Advances in Robot Kinematics (485-495). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06698-1_50

This chapter presents for the first time a variable revolute joint and a group of reconfigurable and deployable Platonic mechanisms. Structure of the variable revolute joint is presented and demonstrated by its application to the construction of a re... Read More about Reconfigurable and deployable platonic mechanisms with a variable revolute joint.