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Advanced Motion Structures and Devices
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Advanced Motion Structures and Devices

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2022) | Viewed by 2017

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Jiayao Ma

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Guest Editor
School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianiin University, Tianjin 300354, China
Interests: deployable structures; origami structures; origami metamaterials; energy absorption structures; medical foldables

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Motion structures are designed to contain internal mobilities that allow large shape transformations to meet specific engineering requirements. Conventionally in the form of assemblies of rigid links connected by movable joints, a variety of new motion structures, such as origami and kirigami, have emerged and drawn increasing attention from both academia and industry. This Special Issue of Applied Sciences “Advanced Motion Structures and Devices” is devoted to promoting scientific research and technological development from all aspects of motion structures, including but not limited to the following topics:

  • Novel structural designs toward improved performance
  • New forms of motion structures
  • Advances in mathematical modelling methods and experiment techniques
  • New fabrication approaches
  • Applications in aerospace equipment, civil structures, medical devices, soft robotics, metamaterials, and other relevant fields.

Dr. Jiayao Ma
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • motion structures
  • origami
  • kirigami
  • reconfigurable structures
  • aerospace deployable structures
  • medical foldables
  • soft robotics
  • metamaterials

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Configuration Design and Gait Planning of a Six-Bar Tensegrity Robot
by Siqi Hao, Ruiwei Liu, Xuntao Lin, Chenxiao Li, Hongwei Guo, Zhiwen Ye and Chunlong Wang
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(22), 11845; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app122211845 - 21 Nov 2022
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Due to their high kinematic characteristics, six-bar tensegrities have great potential application value in the field of robotics, especially in the field of deep space exploration robots. In this paper, an ultralight six-bar tensegrity robot is designed, and a gait planning method for [...] Read more.
Due to their high kinematic characteristics, six-bar tensegrities have great potential application value in the field of robotics, especially in the field of deep space exploration robots. In this paper, an ultralight six-bar tensegrity robot is designed, and a gait planning method for continuous motion is proposed. First, the equilibrium matrix of the tensegrity structure is constructed, and singular value decomposition (SVD) is performed to find the node coordinates and internal forces of the tensegrity structure. Two representative examples regarding tensegrity structures are presented to demonstrate the capability of the proposed method in the initial selfstress design that satisfies the stability of tensegrities. Furthermore, both the principal rolling analysis and gait planning are also addressed based on the offset of the center of gravity. A six-bar tensegrity robot prototype is developed, and the obstacle avoidance experiment is completed. Finally, the results show that the six-bar tensegrity robot has good kinematic performance. Moreover, this robot is expected to play a key role in future planetary exploration. Full article
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