Interactive Mechanisms Research (IMR)

In rehabilitation and medical technology, design requirements differ from those in many other fields of mechanical engineering in that positioning accuracy is not dominant. Safety, force transmission, compliance, and natural behavior are often more important. This observation has inspired the generation of dedicated mechanism technology, all with remarkably wide application fields. Interaction between actor and environment through some technical device is central in this research, hence the term Interactive Mechanisms.

Research topics include low-friction mechanisms, static balancing, underactuation, compliant mechanisms, dynamic balancing, parallel mechanisms, or their combinations. Applications include hand prosthetics, arm supports, surgical instruments, vertically movable kitchen cabinets and domestic appliances, high-speed pick-and-place robots, and foldable containers.

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