Rehabilitation therapy is the process to reduce the impairments and disabilities of upper or lower limb that are caused by accidents or stroke. This paper presents the design and development of a new hand rehabilitation device based on iris mechanism with basic Arduino coding to train the flexion and extension of the hand. The iris mechanism is designed using SolidWorks 2015 and the prototype i...

It is a challenging issue to exchange procedural CAD models between heterogeneous CAD systems. In this paper, we extend the synchronized collaborative design environment among heterogeneous CAD systems, which we developed previously, to a Web services based platform for exchange of procedural CAD models between heterogeneous CAD systems. First, the realtime exchange of one single operation is e...

In the paper, the necessity of root stubble harvesting and recycling was put forward from the perspective of biomass energy utilization. To accomplish mechanized harvesting on root stubble, a rotary digging machine was designed based on parametric modeling software Solidworks. Firstly, parts were built under entity modeling module, and then assembled to 4 main mechanisms in assembling environme...

In this paper we are presenting a method to solve the inverse kinematics problem of a redundant manipulator with seven degrees of freedom and a human like workspace based on mathematical equations, Fuzzy Logic implementation and Simulink models. For better visualization of the kinematics simulation a CAD model that mimics the real robotic arm was created into SolidWorks® and then the CAD parts ...

A robotic device is proposed by means of which the mastication process could be reproduced in a mechanically controllable way whilst the masticatory efficiency and/or food dynamics are assessed quantitatively. A robotic model of the mastication system is developed according to biomechanical findings about the jaw structure and muscles of mastication, where each of the major muscles are, tempora...