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METAMORPHIC MECHANISMS AND
THEIR CONFIGURATION MODELS
Dai Jiansheng
Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Physical Sciences
and Engineering, King's College, University of London, Strand, London WC2R
2LS,United Kingdom
Zhang Qixian
Robotics Research Institute, Beijing
University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Abstract:
The concept of metamorphic mechanisms is presented, configuration
models and configuration transformations relating to a set of new
matrix operations are discussed and proposed. The configuration
of a metamorphic mechanism reflects the connectivity change in
the mechanism during motions which results in mobility change
and presents the characteristics of the mechanism which is
discussed in various applications particularly in decorative
artifacts. The characteristics is further investigated with
mobility analysis.
Key words: Metamorphic
mechanisms Configurations Topology Connectivity Mobility
Manuscript received on
February 15, 2000; revised manuscript March 15, 2000
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