A mechanism which is able to fold into a bundle is of particular interest: minimal size facilitates storage and transport. The paper presents a simple and general geometric method to design bundle-folding linkages based on one-degree-of-freedom spatial overconstrained loops. The so designed mechanism can be folded into a line bundle and deployed into a spatial shape. The geometric conditions, under which an overconstrained linkage can be folded into a bundle, are discussed. Case studies of bundle-folding designs are presented and validated using simulations.

Generalized Construction of Bundle-Folding Linkages

Lu S.;Zlatanov D.;Zoppi M.;
2018-01-01

Abstract

A mechanism which is able to fold into a bundle is of particular interest: minimal size facilitates storage and transport. The paper presents a simple and general geometric method to design bundle-folding linkages based on one-degree-of-freedom spatial overconstrained loops. The so designed mechanism can be folded into a line bundle and deployed into a spatial shape. The geometric conditions, under which an overconstrained linkage can be folded into a bundle, are discussed. Case studies of bundle-folding designs are presented and validated using simulations.
2018
978-3-319-56801-0
978-3-319-56802-7
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Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11567/1141344
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