Lectures in course MICRO-201: Mechanism Design II

Flexible Guides: General Overview Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the concept of flexible guides, exploring their properties, design principles, material selection, and manufacturing technologies.

Flexible Guidance: Design Principles Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores flexible guidance systems, kinematics, robot structures, and future prospects in modern technology.

Flexible Guidance: Technologies and Design Principles Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores flexible guidance technologies, mechanism design, workload distribution, and teacher commitment.

Flexible Guidance Systems: Introduction Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers flexible guidance systems in various fields, showcasing innovative designs and applications.

Flexible Mechanisms: Design Principles Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the principles of designing flexure-based mechanisms and presents examples of flexure-based parallel robots.

Flexible Mechanisms: Design Principles Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the principles of flexible mechanisms design, including reduction, amplification, and energy storage maximization.

Flexible Guiding: Design Principles Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores flexible guiding principles for rectilinear movements and suppression of internal degrees-of-freedom in mechanisms, including corner cube mechanisms and butterfly pivot.

Flexible Guides: Design and Optimization Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores the design and optimization of flexible guides, covering stiffness calculation, pivot designs, and stress considerations.

Flexible Guides - Hyperstaticity Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the concept of hyperstaticity in flexible guides, discussing causes and consequences of overconstraint.

Flexible Guiding: Technological Aspects Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores material selection, fatigue theory, tests, and Silicon flexure design.

Flexible Guidance Analysis: Exercises Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the analysis of flexible guidance systems through various exercises and configurations.

Flexible Guidance: Q&A Session Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores flexible guidance, pivot joints, translation joints, and Delta robots with detailed 2D and 3D kinematics examples.

Flexible Guidance - Kinematic Analysis Exercises Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers exercises on flexible guidance systems and kinematic analysis of mechanisms like ball joints and mirror mounts.

Spring Clutches and Torque Limiters Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explains energy injection and reduction in spring clutches and torque limiters.

Designing Structures: Dimensioning and Vacuum Lessons Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores the importance of dimensioning, vacuum technology, materials selection, and lubrication in mechanical design for space applications.

Mechanical Transmissions: Functions and Mechanisms Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores motion transformation, speed variation, and force/torque transmission ratios in mechanical systems, emphasizing the concept of irreversibility and energy losses.

Balancing Mechanisms in Engineering Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores the fundamentals of mechanical balancing, including equilibrium, force balancing, and moment balancing in engineering applications.

Flexible Guidance Design Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores the design of flexible guidances, emphasizing the analysis of structures with orthogonal flexible joints and the optimization using flexible columns.

Flexible Guidance: Flexible Kinematics Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores flexible guidance and kinematics of leaf springs and rods used as revolute joints, emphasizing parasitic motion and hyperstaticity.

Mechanical Horology Fundamentals Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores the fundamentals of mechanical horology, emphasizing isochronism, friction reduction, and precision in timekeeping devices.