This paper addresses metamorphic and reconfigurable mechanisms based on types of
morphing and ways of achieving it through a comprehensive review and a classification of …

Origami engineering as an interdisciplinary subject brings thriving progress of mechanisms
innovation. In this paper, a construction approach from origami to multiple spherical …

This paper introduces a new metamorphic parallel mechanism based on a reconfigurable
revolute (rR) joint and the mechanism consists of three rRPS (rR joint-prismatic joint …

The article presents a class of reconfigurable modular parallel robots stemming from the 3-
CPS under-actuated topology. Proposed here is a conceptual design where the spherical …

This paper deals with the reconfiguration analysis of a 3-DOF (degrees-of-freedom) parallel
mechanism (PM) with multiple operation modes–a disassembly-free reconfigurable PM …

This article presents the Origaker, a novel multi-mimicry quadruped robot. Based on a single-
loop spatial metamorphic mechanism, the Origaker is able to transform between different …

This paper presents a unique feature of geometric constraint of adjacent axes of the variable-
axis (vA) joint and analyses the effectiveness in the constructed limb, resulting in variation of …

In this paper, a class of large deployable mechanisms constructed by plane-symmetric
Bricard linkages is presented. The plane-symmetric Bricard linkage is a closed-loop …

This paper focuses on a diamond kinematotropic chain which is integrated in the
construction of a new family of reconfigurable parallel mechanisms. The branch transition of …

This paper investigates the mobility and kinematics of the Hoberman switch-pitch ball, and
particularly, its variant that does not resort to bevel gears. The ball variant is a general case …