Robots waste power & depend on control to move. A joint design shifts control into the structure, helping robots walk & grip ...

Some joint-design considerations are universal; others vary with the assembly methods used. Each joining technique has particular design requirements, while certain joint requirements may suggest a ...

Consider the marvelous physics of the human knee. The largest hinge joint in the body, it has two rounded bones held together ...

• time factors in the assembly process. The adhesive can be applied by either an automated robotic system, a bulk dispensing system or a portable hand held dispensing cartridge which allows the system ...

Several structural design considerations should be taken into account for economical and efficient welding. Many of these apply to other joining methods, and all apply to both subassemblies and the ...

Researchers have significantly improved a new joining technology, interlocking metasurfaces (ILMs), designed to increase the strength and stability of a structure in comparison to traditional ...

Contraction joints (sometimes called control joints) are used in unreinforced and lightly reinforced slabs-on-ground to minimize random cracking. By creating straight-line weakened-planes in concrete, ...