- International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative Technologies
- Vol: 3 Issue: 2
- One Dof Thumb Mechanism and It's Dimensional Optimization
One Dof Thumb Mechanism and It's Dimensional Optimization
Authors : Samet Yavuz
Pages : 131-134
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Publication Date : 2019-12-23
Article Type : Research
Abstract :This paper involves the geometrical representation, kinematic solution and dimensional optimization of a one degree of freedom parallel thumb mechanism. The aim of the designing of this mechanism grasping objects by mimicking of a human thumb. Link length optimization of the mechanism are made around an average human thumb sizes by using Firefly Algorithm which is a nature inspired optimization algorithm.Keywords : thumb mechanism, numerical synthesis, kinematic synthesis, parallel mechanisms, firefly algorithm