BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Linklings LLC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Tokyo X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0900 TZOFFSETTO:+0900 TZNAME:JST DTSTART:18871231T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250110T023312Z LOCATION:Hall B5 (1)\, B Block\, Level 5 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20241204T171600 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20241204T172800 UID:siggraphasia_SIGGRAPH Asia 2024_sess121_papers_210@linklings.com SUMMARY:mpcMech: Multi-Point Conjugation Mechanisms DESCRIPTION:Technical Papers\n\nKe Chen (University of Science and Technol ogy of China), Siqi Li and Peng Song (Singapore University of Technology a nd Design (SUTD)), Jianmin Zheng (Nanyang Technological University (NTU)), and Ligang Liu (University of Science and Technology of China)\n\nA mecha nism is an assembly of moving parts interconnected by joints to transfer a n input motion to a desired output motion. Traditionally, to generate a co mplex motion, mechanisms are modeled by selecting and combining a number o f mechanical parts with simple shapes such as links, gears, and cams. Comb ining multiple mechanical parts results in a mechanism with an intricate t opology, which not only complicates assembly and maintenance but also dete riorates the functionality of generating motions due to accumulation of ma nufacturing imprecisions. To get rid of these limitations, we study mechan isms with a single pair of moving parts for generating complex motions. We model the pair of moving parts as a pair of conjugate surfaces with multi ple conjugation points, forming a multi-point conjugation mechanism.\n\nTo study this new mechanism, we establish a connection between conjugate sur face pairs and form-closure grasps to formulate a dynamic form closure con dition under which one conjugate surface is able to continuously transfer the motion to the other conjugate surface by utilizing multiple conjugatio n points. Guided by the condition, we propose an optimization-based approa ch to model the geometry of a multi-point conjugation mechanism for exactl y generating a user-specified motion, in 1-, 2-, or 3-DOF motion space. Th e core of our approach is to model multiple conjugate curve pairs that sat isfy various requirements in multi-point conjugation, dynamic form closure , and surface fabricability. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our appro ach by modeling different classes of multi-point conjugation mechanisms to generate various motions, evaluating the mechanisms’ kinematic performanc e with 3D printed prototypes, and presenting three applications of these m echanisms.\n\nRegistration Category: Full Access, Full Access Supporter\n\ nLanguage Format: English Language\n\nSession Chair: Nobuyuki Umetani (Uni versity of Tokyo) URL:https://asia.siggraph.org/2024/program/?id=papers_210&sess=sess121 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR