Compliant kaleidocycles can be widely used in a variety of applications, including deployable structures, origami structures, and metamorphic robots, due to their unique features of continuous rotatability and multistability. Inspired by origami kaleidocycles, a type of symmetric multistable compliant mechanism with an arbitrary number of units is presented and analyzed in this paper. First, the basic dimension constraints are developed based on mobility analysis using screw theory. Second, the kinematic relationships of the actual rotation angle are obtained. Third, a method to determine the number of stabilities and the position of stable states, including the solution for the parameterized boundaries of stable regions, is developed. Finally, experimental platforms are established, and the validity of the proposed multistable mechanisms is verified.
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February 2019
Research-Article
Origami Kaleidocycle-Inspired Symmetric Multistable Compliant Mechanisms
Hongchuan Zhang,
Hongchuan Zhang
Guangdong Key Laboratory of
Precision Equipment and
Manufacturing Technology,
School of Mechanical and
Automotive Engineering,
South China University of Technology,
Guangzhou 510640, China
e-mail: 201610100023@mail.scut.edu.cn
Precision Equipment and
Manufacturing Technology,
School of Mechanical and
Automotive Engineering,
South China University of Technology,
Guangzhou 510640, China
e-mail: 201610100023@mail.scut.edu.cn
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Benliang Zhu,
Benliang Zhu
Guangdong Key Laboratory of
Precision Equipment and
Manufacturing Technology,
School of Mechanical and
Automotive Engineering,
South China University of Technology,
Guangzhou 510640, China
e-mail: meblzhu@scut.edu.cn
Precision Equipment and
Manufacturing Technology,
School of Mechanical and
Automotive Engineering,
South China University of Technology,
Guangzhou 510640, China
e-mail: meblzhu@scut.edu.cn
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Xianmin Zhang
Xianmin Zhang
Guangdong Key Laboratory of
Precision Equipment and
Manufacturing Technology,
School of Mechanical and
Automotive Engineering,
South China University of Technology,
Guangzhou 510640, China
e-mail: zhangxm@scut.edu.cn
Precision Equipment and
Manufacturing Technology,
School of Mechanical and
Automotive Engineering,
South China University of Technology,
Guangzhou 510640, China
e-mail: zhangxm@scut.edu.cn
Search for other works by this author on:
Hongchuan Zhang
Guangdong Key Laboratory of
Precision Equipment and
Manufacturing Technology,
School of Mechanical and
Automotive Engineering,
South China University of Technology,
Guangzhou 510640, China
e-mail: 201610100023@mail.scut.edu.cn
Precision Equipment and
Manufacturing Technology,
School of Mechanical and
Automotive Engineering,
South China University of Technology,
Guangzhou 510640, China
e-mail: 201610100023@mail.scut.edu.cn
Benliang Zhu
Guangdong Key Laboratory of
Precision Equipment and
Manufacturing Technology,
School of Mechanical and
Automotive Engineering,
South China University of Technology,
Guangzhou 510640, China
e-mail: meblzhu@scut.edu.cn
Precision Equipment and
Manufacturing Technology,
School of Mechanical and
Automotive Engineering,
South China University of Technology,
Guangzhou 510640, China
e-mail: meblzhu@scut.edu.cn
Xianmin Zhang
Guangdong Key Laboratory of
Precision Equipment and
Manufacturing Technology,
School of Mechanical and
Automotive Engineering,
South China University of Technology,
Guangzhou 510640, China
e-mail: zhangxm@scut.edu.cn
Precision Equipment and
Manufacturing Technology,
School of Mechanical and
Automotive Engineering,
South China University of Technology,
Guangzhou 510640, China
e-mail: zhangxm@scut.edu.cn
1Corresponding author.
Contributed by the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANISMS AND ROBOTICS. Manuscript received March 30, 2018; final manuscript received September 24, 2018; published online November 19, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Hai-Jun Su.
J. Mechanisms Robotics. Feb 2019, 11(1): 011009 (9 pages)
Published Online: November 19, 2018
Article history
Received:
March 30, 2018
Revised:
September 24, 2018
Citation
Zhang, H., Zhu, B., and Zhang, X. (November 19, 2018). "Origami Kaleidocycle-Inspired Symmetric Multistable Compliant Mechanisms." ASME. J. Mechanisms Robotics. February 2019; 11(1): 011009. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4041586
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