The 11th IFToMM International Symposium on Science of Mechanisms and Machines [Hardcover]

The general topic of the symposium follows mechanisms development through all stages of conception, modeling, analysis, synthesis and control to advanced product design.?

This volume brings together the latest results in the field and celebrates a series of conferences that has been running for 40 years. The contributors and the editor are world leaders in their field.?

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Foreword.- Scientific Program Committee.- Mechanism Design for Robots, by Marco Ceccarelli.- A New Algorithm for an Efficient Stabilized Index Two STF for ADAMS Computer Program, by Nicolae Orlandea.- The Transmission of European Mechanical Knowledge into 17^th Century China, by Baichun Zhang, Miao Tian.- Mechanisms in Building Integrated Renewable Energy Systems  Case Study: Solar Energy Conversion Systems, by Ion Visa.- Conceptual Design of an Expressive Robotic Head, by Florentina Adascalitei, Ioan Doroftei, D. Lefeber, Bram Vanderborght.- On the Structural Analysis of the Mechanisms with Elastic Connections, by Erwin-Chr. Lovasz, Dan Perju, Karl-Heinz Modler, Niels Modler, Corina Mihaela Gruescu, Inocenciu Maniu, Andrei Com_a.- An Innovative Family of Modular Parallel Robots for Brachytherapy, by Nicolae Plitea, Calin Vaida, Bogdan Gherman, Andras Szilaghyi, Bogdan Galdau, Dragos Cocorean, Florin Covaciu, Doina Pisla.- One 6R Overconstrained Mechanism, Many Applications, by Laurentiu Racila.- Research Regarding Modelling of Involute-Bevel Gears, by Ioan Ardelean, Mircea Bara, Sergiu-Dan Stan, Sorin Besoiu.- Research Regarding the Modeling of the Reciprocal Generation of the Involute-Bevel Gears with Crossed Axes, by Ioan Ardelean, Olimpiu Ttar, Emil Teutan.- A Dynamic Simulation of a Novel Continuous Variable Transmission, by Gani Balbayev, Giuseppe Carbone.- Design and Simulation of a Leg Exoskeleton Linkage for a Human Rehabilitation System, by Cristian Copilusi, Marco Ceccarellil31