Disney Research Designs Machines That Bend (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

Disney Research

Disney Research Designs Machines That Bend (2 of 3)

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Replacing rigid joints and linkages with mechanisms that bend offers a number of potential advantages, even as it makes designing devices more difficult. A computational design tool developed by Disney Research promises to make this transition from rigid to compliant mechanisms easier.

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