Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a Scott Russell mechanism applied to a positioning transport device. [0016]. In the present invention, the joint unit, the rotation unit, and the pivoting unit are coupled to each other in this order. In the present invention, either one of the base end parts of both of the arm members is linearly moved by the rotation of the first ball screw, and the pivots (turnings) of both of the arm members are driven about the virtual straight line connecting the base end parts of both arm members therebetween as the pivoting axis thereof so as to turn only both of the arm members. Any in SPE Disciplines (4) Conference. The commonly used displacement amplification compliant mechanism has plenty of categories of bridge-type mechanisms, lever mechanisms, Scott-Russell mechanisms, and many more (Xu and Li . It can be used to form a right-angle change of motion, linear-to-linear. One such example is Scott-Russell Mechanism as shown in the figure. If both ends are turned into sliding connections, you get a Trammel of Archimedes. One link is double the size of the other, and is connected to the smaller link by its midpoint. The application of the Scott Russell mechanism device according to the present invention expands by attaching various kinds of units corresponding to various applications to its rotor. an angle changer for changing a coupling angle between the main arm member and the sub arm member, wherein a joint unit is pivotably coupled to the tip end part of the main arm member, and, wherein a pivoting axis of the pivot of the joint unit is in parallel to an axis of the pivots of the main arm member and the sub arm member at the coupling position, and, a pivoting mechanism unit for automatically pivoting the joint unit cooperating with the angle change by the angle changer; and. 1 (b), where the condition that the motion of the point B follows a vertical motion when the driving point A moves along horizontal direction is that the links AC=BC=OC. The point A of the rhombus is connect to fixed point O2 through the link 2. Campbell, Scott SPE Disciplines. When linkage mechanisms are designed to generate exact straight lines the level of complexity increases as compared to the mechanisms designed to generate approximate straight line paths. wherein a pivoting axis of the pivot of the joint unit is in parallel to an axis of the pivots of the main arm member and the sub arm member at the coupling position, and. wherein the device comprises a pivot driving unit provided at any portion from the coupling position toward the tip end side of the main arm member and for pivoting the joint unit. This paper describes the development of a gecko-inspired robotic gripper for grasping flat objects using Scott-Russell mechanisms. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The main arm member and the sub arm member may be pivotable about the virtual straight line as a pivoting axis thereof. wherein a base end part of the main arm member and a base end part of the sub arm member that is on the opposite side from the coupling side of the sub arm member are positioned on the same virtual straight line, and a first distance from the base end part of the main arm member to a coupling position of the main arm member to the sub arm member, a second distance from the coupling position of the main arm member to a tip end part thereof, and a third distance from the base end part of the sub arm member to the coupling position are equal to each other. Scott-Russell Exact Straight Line Mechanism The complexity of the mechanisms to generate exact straight lines can be reduced by introduction of one or more slider crank linkages. The Evans 'grasshopper' linkage is a variant of a Scott Russell linkage which uses a long link to create a large enough arc to approximate a line. European Patent Office, Extended European Search Report Issued in Application No. Therefore, the application of the Scott Russell mechanism device according to the present invention expands. A Scott Russell linkage is a linkage which translates linear motion through a right angle. Patent Document 1 discloses a Scott Russell mechanism applied to a industrial robot. A Scott Russell mechanism is a mechanism where a linear main arm member is pivotably coupled to a sub arm member, a distance from a base end part of the main arm member to a coupling position thereof, a distance from the coupling position of the main arm member to a tip end part thereof, and a distance from a coupling position of the sub arm member to a base end part thereof are all equal to each other, and in a case where a coupling angle between both of the arm members is changed, the tip end part of the main arm member linearly moves along a straight line connecting the tip end part of the main arm member and the based end part of the sub arm member. Echinacea. Therefore, a plurality of variations can be provided to the method of moving the base end part of both of the arm members, resulting in being able to flexibly perform the moving of the tip end part of the main arm member. Therefore, the rotation unit attached to the joint unit via the pivoting member can displace its rotor independently of the amount of the displacement of the tip end part of the main arm member, and the postural displacement of the rotor positioned at the farthest tip end increases much more. The present invention is made in view of the above situations, and aims to provide a Scott Russell mechanism device that allows a main arm member and a sub arm member to pivot at a base end part of both of the arm members to reduce a drive torque for turning both of the arm members, and to increase the degree of freedom in postures of various kinds of units attached to a tip end of the main arm member compared to the conventional degree. Further, in the present invention, the gripping unit is attached to the rotor of the rotation unit. The movement of a body, or link, is studied using geometry so the link is considered to be rigid. a sub arm member pivotably coupled to the main arm member; and. In the present invention, the joint unit, the rotation unit, and the pivoting unit are coupled to each other in this order. Furthermore, in the Scott Russell mechanism device according to the present invention, a rotation unit having a rotor may be coupled to the joint unit. This paper presents the structural design and analysis of a novel compliant gripper based on the Scott-Russell (SR) mechanism. Furthermore, in the Scott Russell mechanism device according to the present invention, a rotation unit having a rotor may be coupled to the joint unit. SQUSE INC., JAPAN, Free format text: Scott-Russell Exact Straight Line Mechanism: Scott-Russell The complexity of the mechanisms to generate exact straight lines can be reduced by introduction of one or more slider crank linkages. Assignors: ICHIKAWA, YASUNORI, SASAKI, HIROMICHI, SHIMIZU, MIKIO, HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS, MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES, Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by movement of the arms, e.g. Since the postures of these units on the tip end side depend on the direction (posture) of the tip end of the main arm member, a problem arises that a range in which the postures of the units attached to the tip end of the main arm member can be changed is limited. cartesian coordinate type by rotating at least one arm, excluding the head movement itself, e.g. In order to solve the above problem, a Scott Russell mechanism device according to the present invention includes a main arm member, a sub arm member pivotably coupled to the main arm member, and an angle changer for changing a coupling angle between the main arm member and the sub arm member. Application: this is a mechanism for connecting two shafts having parallel misalignment. Thus, the degree of posturing freedom of the rotor of the rotation unit positioned to the farthest tip end increases, and the application of the Scott Russell mechanism device according to the present invention further expands. Therefore, the rotation unit attached to the joint unit via the pivoting member can displace its rotor independently of the displacement of the tip end part of the main arm member. Further, in the Scott Russell mechanism device according to the present invention, a gripping unit may be attached to a tip end side of the pivoting unit. In the present invention, the base end part of either one of the sub arm member or the main arm member is linearly movable by the second ball screw. The SR mechanism in combination with a parallelogram mechanism enables. With the Scott Russell mechanism device, a moving range of the tip end side of the main arm member can be enlarged. A systematic, if not rigorous, approach to the design of gears and cams also is usually presented in such a course. The application of the Scott Russell mechanism device according to the present invention expands by attaching various kinds of units corresponding to various applications to its rotor.. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The device may include a pivoting drive source for driving the pivots of the main arm member and the sub arm member centering on the pivoting axis. The dynamic equations of a micro-positioning Scott-Russell (SR) mechanism associated with two flexible hinges and an offset are developed and it is found that offsets of flexure hinges obviously affect the amplifying factor and linearity ratio, and appear to dominate the changes of magnification factors. Furthermore, in the Scott Russell mechanism device according to the present invention, a rotation unit having a rotor may be coupled to the joint unit. The angle changer may have a first ball screw arranged in parallel to the virtual straight line, and a first linearly-moving unit for being linearly moved by a rotation of the first ball screw. An interesting mechanism to consider in designing leverage devices with flextensional joints is the Scott -Russel, also known as half beam mechanism, which is described geometrically in Fig.. The proposed stage showed the first natural frequency of 57 Hz and the maximum stroke of 122.84 m, 108.46 m, 0.685 mrad in the x-, y-, and -direction, respectively. Therefore, the gripping unit can be pivoted proximally to the workpiece which is the gripping target, and the Scott Russell mechanism device including a griping function suitable for such a gripping application can be provided. Furthermore, in the Scott Russell mechanism device according to the present invention, a rotation unit having a rotor may be coupled to the joint unit. A Scott Russell mechanism is a mechanism where a linear main arm member is pivotably coupled to a sub arm member, a distance from a base end part of the main arm member to a coupling position thereof, a distance from the coupling position of the main arm member to a tip end part thereof, and a distance from a coupling position of the sub arm member to a base end part thereof are all equal to each other, and in a case where a coupling angle between both of the arm members is changed, the tip end part of the main arm member linearly moves along a straight line connecting the tip end part of the main arm member and the based end part of the sub arm member. Based on the geometry of the linkage the output motion is a simple sine function of the drive link or a simple harmonic motion. The main arm member may be formed linearly in a first section extending from the base end part to the part corresponding to the coupling position and a second section extending from the part corresponding to the coupling position to the tip end part, and the part corresponding to the coupling position is curved. In order to solve the above problem, a Scott Russell mechanism device according to the present invention, a joint unit may be pivotably coupled to the tip end part of the main arm member. The linkage is named after John Scott Russell (1808-1882), although watchmaker William Freemantle had already patented it in 1803. Therefore, a plurality of variations can be provided to the method of moving the base end part of both of the arm members, and the tip end part of the main arm member can move flexibly. ULTRASOUND SYSTEM FRONT-END CIRCUIT FOR A 128-ELEMENT ARRAY PROBE Publication number: 20220381890 An SR mechanism in combination with a parallelogram mechanism enables the achievement of a pure translation of the gripper tips, which is attractive for practical micromanipulation and microassembly applications. Although the PA has many advantages, its main drawback is the hysteresis phenomena, which arises from material polarization and molecule friction [2]. Moreover, in the present invention, the base end part of either one of the sub arm member or the main arm member is linearly movable by the second ball screw. With the industrial robot according to Patent Document 1, both of the arm members are rotated (turned) about the screw shaft. wherein either one of the base end part of the sub arm member or the base end part of the main arm member is pivotably coupled to the second linearly-moving unit about the virtual straight line as the pivoting axis thereof. Two equal length length links are connected to the opposite corners of the rhombus at one end and to a common fixed point at the other ends. It is possible to generate an exact straight line using the slider crank mechanism but the range of motion is limited. Scott-Russell mechanism: The schematic of a flexure hinge-based Scott-Russell mechanism is depicted in Figure 3. There are many mechanisms based on slider crank linkage which can generate exact straight lines for limited intervals. The Scott Russell mechanism device of, 20. 15, 2011, WIPO, 4 pages. for multi-joint type robot, Gravitation balancing device, articulated robot, and wrist device for robot, IMPROVEMENTS ON PLANE MANIPULATORS WITH FROZEN OR PROGRAMMABLE TRAVEL AT VERY HIGH RATES, Mechanical arm with a 2 freedom-degree wrist attitude regulation mechanism, Exhaust gas purification catalyst and method for producing the same, Motor driven articulated arm with cable capstan including a brake, Robot arm, robot, and robot operation method. The linkage has a rhombic loop formed of the equal lenght members, 5, 6, 7 and 8. In the present invention, the pivoting of the joint unit pivotably coupled to the tip end part of the main arm member is driven by the pivot driving unit. Copyright 2022 Bright Hub PM. Moreover, in the present invention, pivoting member is pivotably coupled to the joint unit and the rotation unit having the rotor is coupled to the pivoting member. Furthermore, Patent Document 4 discloses a Scott . Echinacea, also known as Coneflower, is legendary for a reason: science has shown multiple species of Echinacea can provide potentially broad-reaching support for the innate and adaptive immune system. Specifically, the tip end part of the main arm member can be moved by only moving the base end part of the main arm member, by only moving the base end part of the sub arm member, or by moving both of the base end parts of both of the arm members, respectively. Grasshopper Mechanism: This mechanism is a modification of the Scott-Russell Mechanism. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Therefore, the rotation unit can perform the postural displacement in a different range from the case of coupling in an order different from the above, and the application of the Scott Russell mechanism device according to the present invention further expands. Further, when both of the base end parts of both of the arm members are moved in the same direction by the same amount, both of the arm members can be moved entirely while keeping their postures. Therefore, a plurality of variations can be provided to the method of moving the base end part of both of the arm members, and the tip end part of the main arm member can move flexibly. The mechanism with bridge-type flexure hinges is developed and optimized to amplify the displacement of a multilayer piezostack by Kim et al. 10. In the present invention, the joint unit pivotably coupled to the tip end part of the main arm member can be pivoted in the total of two kinds of manners including the pivot cooperating with the angle change between both of the arm members at the coupling position and the pivot independent to the angle change. The present invention is made in view of the above situations, and aims to provide a Scott Russell mechanism device that is capable of drawing close to a tip end part of a main arm member proximally to a sub arm member by forming the main arm member into a boomerang-like shape without arranging both of the arm members offset from each other. The Scott Russell mechanism device of, 12. wherein the device comprises a pivoting drive source for driving the pivots of the main arm member and the sub arm member centering on the pivoting axis. Further, Patent Document 5 discloses a Scott Russell mechanism in a modified example where the coupling between the main arm member and the sub arm member is in a crank shape, the Scott Russell mechanism applied to a transport device. Ce bouton affiche le type de recherche actuellement slectionn. Furthermore, Patent Document 4 discloses a Scott Russell mechanism applied to an industrial robot. a pivot driving unit for pivoting the joint unit via the pivoting mechanism unit independently from the angle change by the angle changer. Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a Scott Russell mechanism applied to a positioning transport device. Moreover, Patent Document 3 discloses a Scott Russell mechanism applied to a drive structure of a feed arm. a second ball screw arranged in parallel to the first ball screw; and, a second linearly-moving unit for being linearly moved by a rotation of the second ball screw, and. It contains solutions to the problems in the book and is available free of charge to adopters. In the present invention, either one of the base end parts of both of the arm members is linearly moved by the rotation of the first ball screw, and the pivots (turnings) of both of the arm members are driven about the virtual straight line connecting the base end parts of both arm members therebetween as the pivoting axis thereof so as to turn only both of the arm members. The locus of the straight line is the same as the travel of the slider for 90 degrees rotation of the crank. Machine Kinematics Questions and Answers - Application of Kutzbach Criterion to Plane Mechanisms ; advertisement. The design criteria of the Scott-Russell mechanism are to achieve large amplification factor and minimum motion deviation. The dynamic equations of a micro-positioning Scott-Russell (SR) mechanism associated with . 11. Further, as for the positioning transport device according to Patent Document 2, the drive structure of the feed arm according to Patent Document 3, the industrial robot according to the Patent Document 4, and the transport device according to Patent Document 5, the main arm member and the sub arm member are overlapped on and coupled to each other in a thickness direction, and thus, the tip end part of the main arm member is easily drawn proximally to the sub arm member. LADDERS, FOOT MECHANISMS FOR LADDERS, AND RELATED METHODS Publication number: 20220381087 Therefore, since the rotor of the rotation unit can rotate independently of the displacement of the tip end part of the main arm member, the displacement amount of the rotor of the rotation unit coupled to the tip end side of the main arm member can be increased, and the application of the Scott Russell mechanism device according to the present invention further expands. The First World War brought about much destruction and horror to extents that the world had never before seen. Classified in two types: 1- Exact straight line mechanisms:- Paucellier mechanism, Hart mechanism, Scott-Russel mechanism, Kempe mechanism,etc. Table drive device and work system equipped with table drive device, Driving equipment and the Workpiece clamping unit equipped with the driving equipment. In the present invention, the joint unit pivotably coupled to the tip end part of the main arm member can be pivoted in the total of two kinds of manners including the pivot cooperating with the angle change between both of the arm members at the coupling position and the pivot independent of the angle change. The device may include a pivoting mechanism unit for automatically pivoting the joint unit cooperating with the angle change by the angle changer, a pivot driving unit for pivoting the joint unit via the pivoting mechanism unit independently from the angle change by the angle changer. A pivoting unit having a pivoting part that is pivotable centering on an axis in parallel to the pivoting axis of the joint unit may be coupled to the rotor of the rotation unit. In the present invention, the base end part of either one of the sub arm member or the main arm member is linearly movable by the second ball screw. Moreover, in each of the above-described patent documents, various kinds of units, such as the holder, the arm, and the hand, are attached to the tip end of the main arm member. A Scott Russell mechanism device is formed into a boomerang-like shape such that a main arm member coupled to a sub arm member is curved to detour a coupling position. It is possible to generate an exact straight line using the slider crank mechanism but the range of motion is limited. wherein an axis of the pivot of the pivoting member is in parallel to the pivoting axis of the joint unit, and. Developed by James Watt for reciprocating piston of steam engine. This mechanism is a modification of modified Scott-Russel'smechanism with the difference that the point Pdoes not slide along a straight line, but moves in a circular arc with centre O. 4. Moreover, in the present invention, the gripping unit is attached to the tip end side of the pivoting unit.
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