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Journal of Mechanical Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 59 ›› Issue (19): 24-43.doi: 10.3901/JME.2023.19.024

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Recent Advances in Compliant Precision Positioning and Manipulating Mechanisms

ZHANG Xianmin, ZHU Benliang, LI Hai, CHEN Zhong, WANG Rixin, ZANG Haoyan   

  1. Guangdong Key Lab. of Precision Equipment and Manufacturing Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640
  • Received:2023-04-25 Revised:2023-08-30 Online:2023-10-05 Published:2023-12-11

Abstract: Compliant mechanism is a new type of mechanism that uses the elastic deformation of compliant elements to transmit or convert motion, force or energy. Compared with the traditional rigid mechanism, the compliant mechanism has many advantages such as high precision, no gap, no friction and wear, no assembly and easy miniaturization, etc. It is an important branch of the field of mechanism science. Taking two types of representative compliant mechanisms, i.e., compliant positioning mechanism and compliant operating mechanism, as the objects, the basic scientific and technical problems faced by compliant mechanism research are summarized from the aspects of design and analysis, sensing and control. The development status of this field is analyzed, and the challenges and development trends that may be faced in the future are prospected.

Key words: compliant mechanisms, precision positioning, micro/nano-manipulation, sensing and control

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