Advances in Mechanisms, Robotics and Design Education and Research

1. Design for Inclusivity: Meaningful Collaboration with Differences
Manjula, Kenneth J. Waldron

2. Computer Aided Mechanism Synthesis: A Historical Perspective
Thomas R. Chase, Gary L. Kinzel, Arthur G. Erdman

3. An Excellent Adventure
Vincent J. Vohnout

4. Mechanisms and Robotics at the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences - The Waldron Years 1986-2012
Steven A. Velinsky

5. Screws and Robotics for Metrology
Joseph K. Davidson, Samir Savaliya, Jami J. Shah

6. Mobility Analysis and Type Synthesis with Screw Theory: From Rigid Body Linkages to Compliant Mechanisms
Hai-Jun Su, Lifeng Zhou, Ying Zhang

7. How Far are Compliant Mechanisms from Rigid-body Mechanisms and Stiff Structures?
G. K. Ananthasuresh

8. On a Compliant Mechanism Design Methodology Using the Synthesis with Compliance Approach for Coupled and Uncoupled Systems
Ashok Midha, Yuvaraj Annamalai, Sharath K. Kolachalam, Sushrut G. Bapat, Ashish B. Koli

9. Understanding Speed and Force Ratios for Compliant Mechanisms
Thomas G. Sugar, Matthew Holgate

10. Precision Flexure Mechanisms in High Speed Nanopatterning Systems
M. J. Meissl, B. J. Choi, S. V. Sreenivasan

11. Decomposition of Planar Burmester Problems Using Kinematic Mapping
Q. J. Ge, Ping Zhao, Anurag Purwar

12. Kinematics Analysis and Design Considerations of the Gear Bearing Drive
Elias Brassitos, Constantinos Mavroidis

13. A Short Story on Long Pinions
Madhusudan Raghavan

14. Time-Optimal Path Planning for the General Waiter Motion Problem
Francisco Geu Flores, Andrés Kecskeméthy

15. Kinematic Analysis of Quadrotors with Manufacturing Errors
Yash Mulgaonkar, Caitlin Powers, Vijay Kumar

16. Omnicopter: A Novel Overactuated Micro Aerial Vehicle
Yangbo Long, David J. Cappelleri

17. Articulated Wheeled Vehicles: Back to the Future?
Xiaobo Zhou, Aliakbar Alamdari, Venkat Krovi

18. A Robotic Mobile Platform for Application in Automotive Production Environment
Alberto Rovetta

19. Electro-Elastic Model for Dielectric Elastomers
Rocco Vertechy, Giovanni Berselli, Vincenzo Parenti Castelli

20. Designing Positive Tension for Wire-Actuated Parallel Manipulators
Leila Notash

21. Control of Humanoid Hopping Based on a SLIP Model
Patrick M. Wensing, David E. Orin

22. Duty Factor and Leg Stiffness Models for the Design of Running Bipeds
Muhammad E. Abdallah, Kenneth J. Waldron

23. Unfinished Business: Impulsive Models of Quadrupedal Running Gaits
James P. Schmiedeler, Lawrence Funke

24. Automatic Full Body Inverse Dynamic Analysis Based on Personalized Body Model and MoCap Data
M. J. Tsai, Allen Lee, H. W. Lee

25. Lower-Limb Muscle Function in Human Running
Anthony G. Schache, Tim W. Dorn, Marcus G. Pandy

26. Toward Broader Education in Control System Design for Mechanical Engineers: Actuation System Selection and Controller Co-design
K. Srinivasan

27. Biologically Oriented Subjects in European Master on Advanced Robotics - Sharing the Teaching Experience
Teresa Zielinska, Krzysztof Kedzior

28. From the Tool Room to the Class Room
Blaine W. Lilly

29. Project-Based Learning in Engineering through Street Performance Robot Contest
Shigeo Hirose, Gen Endo, Edwardo F. Fukushima

30. Research and Science Educations of Lu Ban’s Horse Carriages
Hong-Sen Yan

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