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  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Robotics
  • Materials Science

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  • Multi-stable structures offer advantages in reconfiguration due to their energy landscapes, guiding shape accuracy and enabling impulsive motion.
  • Existing multi-stable structures are predominantly planar, limiting their potential for complex three-dimensional applications.
  • Spatial linkages present a promising avenue for generating intricate 3D motion and achieving greater application versatility.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a generalized design methodology for intrinsically multi-stable spatial (IMSS) linkages.
  • To enable IMSS linkages with multiple, prescriptible stable configurations.
  • To demonstrate the structural compatibility and inherent stability of these designed states.

Main Methods:

  • A generalized design approach is presented, revealing that over-constrained mechanisms can be converted into multi-stable structures.
  • Specific examples include single-loop bi-stable 4R and quadra-stable 6R spatial linkages derived from fundamental kinematic units like Bennett and Bricard linkages.
  • Multi-loop assemblies of IMSS linkage modules are explored for applications requiring deployability and impulsive reconfiguration.

Main Results:

  • The design method successfully transforms over-constrained mechanisms into multi-stable structures.
  • Designed IMSS linkage modules exhibit intrinsic non-symmetric stable states.
  • Experimental validation is provided through two preliminary designs: a deployable tube and an impulsive gripper.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed design method for IMSS linkages facilitates the creation of morphing platforms.
  • These platforms benefit from lightweight actuation, high shape accuracy, and stiffness.
  • The linkages enable prescribed impulsive 3D motion, opening new possibilities for advanced applications.