Task specific mechanism design for spatial linkages has remained a challenge. In this paper we present a kinematic design methodology, which combines the formalism of the Lie Group method with the effectiveness of creativity techniques from ’integrated product development’, which in fact is a graphical pendant to the Lie Group methodology. The approach is exemplified for the kinematics of a haptic or force-feedback device. Five novel topologies for 2-DOF spherical displacement are presented of which one solution has been realized as prototype and is now used as haptic interface for the simulation of hysteroscopy - a minimal-invasive surgery technique with special demands to mechanism design.
Jamie Paik, Mustafa Mete, Jian-Lin Huang
Simon Nessim Henein, Charles Baur, Loïc Benoît Tissot-Daguette, Hubert Pierre-Marie Benoît Schneegans, Quentin Gubler
Yves Weinand, Nicolas Henry Pierre Louis Rogeau, Pierre Latteur