TY - JOUR
T1 - Guest Editorial
T2 - Focused Section on Compliant Mechanisms for Mechatronics
AU - Berselli, Giovanni
AU - Catalano, Manuel
AU - Frecker, Mary
AU - Herder, Just L.
AU - Hopkins, Jonathan B.
PY - 2024/2/21
Y1 - 2024/2/21
N2 - Compliant mechanisms (CMs), along with soft robotics devices formed therewith, may be defined as engineering systems achieving force and motion transmission via the deflection of flexible members. CMs have increasingly gained a strong foothold in the scientific arena owing to their hinge-less nature, shock resistance, potential single-piece manufacturability, safety in human–machine interaction, minimal maintenance requirements, and adaptability to work in unstructured environments. In parallel, current advances in the production of inherently compliant sensory-motor apparatus, as well as progresses in the development of robust control methods, are paving the way to practical CM adoption in a large variety of engineering fields, here including healthcare, manufacturing, inspection/maintenance, and agrifood.
AB - Compliant mechanisms (CMs), along with soft robotics devices formed therewith, may be defined as engineering systems achieving force and motion transmission via the deflection of flexible members. CMs have increasingly gained a strong foothold in the scientific arena owing to their hinge-less nature, shock resistance, potential single-piece manufacturability, safety in human–machine interaction, minimal maintenance requirements, and adaptability to work in unstructured environments. In parallel, current advances in the production of inherently compliant sensory-motor apparatus, as well as progresses in the development of robust control methods, are paving the way to practical CM adoption in a large variety of engineering fields, here including healthcare, manufacturing, inspection/maintenance, and agrifood.
KW - Flexible manufacturing systems
KW - Human computer interaction
KW - Manufacturing processes
KW - Mechatronics
KW - Soft robotics
KW - Special issues and sections
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85186070489&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TMECH.2024.3360249
DO - 10.1109/TMECH.2024.3360249
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85186070489
SN - 1083-4435
SP - 1
EP - 3
JO - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
JF - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
ER -