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This book covers various topics regarding the design of compliant mechanisms using topology optimization that have attracted a great deal of attention in recent decades. After comprehensively describing state-of-the-art methods for designing compliant mechanisms, it provides a new topology optimization method for finding new flexure hinges. It then presents several attempts to obtain distributed compliant mechanisms using the topology optimization method. Further, it discusses a Jacobian-based topology optimization method for compliant parallel mechanisms, and introduces readers to the topology optimization of compliant mechanisms, taking into account geometrical nonlinearity and reliability. Providing a systematic method for topology optimization of flexure hinges, which are essential for designing compliant mechanisms, the book offers a valuable resource for all readers who are interested in designing compliant mechanism-based positioning stages. In addition, the methods for solving the de facto hinges in topology optimized compliant mechanisms will benefit all engineers seeking to design micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) structures.

Numerical methods of optimisation --- Operational research. Game theory --- Machine elements --- Applied physical engineering --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- Computer. Automation --- automatisering --- wiskunde --- machines --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- robots --- Machinery. --- Robotics. --- Automation. --- Mathematical optimization. --- Machinery and Machine Elements. --- Robotics and Automation. --- Optimization. --- Optimization (Mathematics) --- Optimization techniques --- Optimization theory --- Systems optimization --- Mathematical analysis --- Maxima and minima --- Operations research --- Simulation methods --- System analysis --- Automatic factories --- Automatic production --- Computer control --- Engineering cybernetics --- Factories --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanization --- Assembly-line methods --- Automatic control --- Automatic machinery --- CAD/CAM systems --- Robotics --- Automation --- Machine theory --- Machinery --- Machines --- Manufactures --- Power (Mechanics) --- Technology --- Mechanical engineering --- Motors --- Power transmission --- Curious devices

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These proceedings collect the latest research results in mechanism and machine science, intended to reinforce and improve the role of mechanical systems in a variety of applications in daily life and industry. Gathering more than 120 academic papers, it addresses topics including: Computational kinematics, Machine elements, Actuators, Gearing and transmissions, Linkages and cams, Mechanism design, Dynamics of machinery, Tribology, Vehicle mechanisms, dynamics and design, Reliability, Experimental methods in mechanisms, Robotics and mechatronics, Biomechanics, Micro/nano mechanisms and machines, Medical/welfare devices, Nature and machines, Design methodology, Reconfigurable mechanisms and reconfigurable manipulators, and Origami mechanisms. This is the fourth installment in the IFToMM Asian conference series on Mechanism and Machine Science (ASIAN MMS 2016). The ASIAN MMS conference initiative was launched to provide a forum mainly for the Asian community working in Mechanism and Machine Science, in order to facilitate collaboration and improve the visibility of activities in the field. The series started in 2010 and the previous ASIAN MMS events were successfully held in Taipei, China (2010), Tokyo, Japan (2012), and Tianjin, China (2014). ASIAN MMS 2016 was held in Guangzhou, China, from 15 to 17 December 2016, and was organized by the South China University under the patronage of the IFToMM and the Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES). The aim of the Conference was to bring together researchers, industry professionals and students from the broad range of disciplines connected to Mechanism Science in a collegial and stimulating environment. The ASIAN MMS 2016 Conference provided a platform allowing scientists to exchange notes on their scientific achievements and establish new national and international collaborations concerning the mechanism science field and its applications, mainly but not exclusively in Asian contexts.

Machinery and Machine Elements. --- Engineering Design. --- Engineering. --- Engineering design. --- Control, Robotics, Mechatronics. --- Mechanization --- Industrial efficiency --- Design, Engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Design --- Machinery. --- Control engineering. --- Robotics. --- Mechatronics. --- Mechanical engineering --- Microelectronics --- Microelectromechanical systems --- Automation --- Machine theory --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Control theory --- Engineering instruments --- Programmable controllers --- Machinery --- Machines --- Manufactures --- Power (Mechanics) --- Motors --- Power transmission --- Curious devices

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This two volume set LNAI 8917 and 8918 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2014, held in Guangzhou, China, in December 2014. The 109 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 159 submissions. The papers aim at enhancing the sharing of individual experiences and expertise in intelligent robotics with particular emphasis on technical challenges associated with varied applications such as biomedical applications, industrial automations, surveillance, and sustainable mobility.

Computer science. --- Special purpose computers. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Computer graphics. --- Application software. --- Computers and civilization. --- Control engineering. --- Robotics. --- Mechatronics. --- Computer Science. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics. --- Control, Robotics, Mechatronics. --- Computers and Society. --- Computer Applications. --- Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems. --- Computer vision. --- Software engineering. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Computer software engineering --- Engineering --- Machine vision --- Vision, Computer --- Artificial intelligence --- Image processing --- Pattern recognition systems --- Informatics --- Science --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Robotics --- Robots --- Automata --- Automatons --- Manipulators (Mechanism) --- Mecha (Vehicles) --- Optical data processing. --- Special purpose computers --- Computers --- Application computer programs --- Application computer software --- Applications software --- Apps (Computer software) --- Computer software --- Civilization and computers --- Civilization --- Mechanical engineering --- Microelectronics --- Microelectromechanical systems --- Automation --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Control theory --- Engineering instruments --- Programmable controllers --- Optical computing --- Visual data processing --- Integrated optics --- Photonics --- Optical equipment

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This two volume set LNAI 8917 and 8918 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2014, held in Guangzhou, China, in December 2014. The 109 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 159 submissions. The papers aim at enhancing the sharing of individual experiences and expertise in intelligent robotics with particular emphasis on technical challenges associated with varied applications such as biomedical applications, industrial automations, surveillance, and sustainable mobility.

Engineering sciences. Technology --- Computer science --- Information systems --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- Computer. Automation --- computervisie --- mechatronica --- industriële robots --- automatisering --- computers --- grafische vormgeving --- informatica --- maatschappij --- software engineering --- KI (kunstmatige intelligentie) --- computerkunde --- robots --- AI (artificiële intelligentie)