Recent Advances in Machines, Mechanisms, Materials and Design

Select Proceedings of iNaCoMM 2025
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-981-9243-88-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering

This book includes select proceedings from the 7th International and 22nd National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM 2025), organized by the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, under the aegis of the Association for Machines and Mechanisms (AMM). This volume cover a broad range of topics, including analysis and synthesis of mechanisms, compliant mechanisms, biomedical devices, multibody dynamics and control, vibration analysis, robotics, foldable and deployable mechanisms, micro- and nano-mechanisms, optimization, reliability, tribology, smart structures and systems, agricultural and industrial applications, engineering education, and emerging areas in machine and mechanism design.
The papers emphasize analytical, computational, and experimental approaches to the design, analysis, and application of machines and mechanisms. This book can serve as a valuable reference for researchers, practicing engineers, faculty members, graduate students, and industry professionals working in machine design, robotics, and mechanism and machine science.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kumar, Prabhat

Saxena, Anupam

Corves, Burkhard

Palathingal, Safvan

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Robotik
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Akustik, Tontechnik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Maschinenbau Tribologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Revisiting the Mechanical Advantage of Compliant Mechanisms.- From Shallow to Deep: Bistable Arches with Discrete Elastic Rod theory.- Topology optimization with quad element-based material mask approach for close to binary structures and compliant mechanisms.- Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms using the Beam Constraint Model.- Effect of EEG Electrode Optimization via Multicollinearity Analysis and Physio-Psychological Influencers on Regression Model’s Training Performance.- Geometrical Parameters Prediction of a Large Scale Planar Cable Driven Parallel Robot for Printing Applications using Convolutional Neural Networks.

Über Autor(innen)

Prabhat Kumar is an Assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad. He is also the principal investigator of the Topology Optimization Computational Design and Experimental (TOCoDE) Laboratory. He completed his B.Tech. at National Institute of Technology, Warangal, and his Ph.D. at IIT Kanpur. He held research positions at TU Delft (Netherlands), DTU (Denmark), and Technion (Israel). He also served as a prestigious Ramanujan fellow faculty at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His research areas include single-/multi-physics/scale and small-/finite-deformation topology optimization, soft robotics, data (AI/ML)-driven design, compliant mechanisms, inverse design, and computational contact mechanics. Dr. Kumar has also developed several beginner-friendly coding tools, including HoneyTop90, TOPress, SoRoTop, and TOPress3D, to help students and newcomers learn topology optimization through various concepts.

Anupam Saxena is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and currently serves as the Director of the Compliant and Robotics Systems Laboratory at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. He is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and a visiting professor at RWTH Aachen University in Germany. His research and design methodologies primarily focus on two major areas: optimization of biomedical and engineered systems and design of complex contact interactions. Specifically, his work encompasses structural and topology optimization for large deformations, human motion analysis, biomimetics, robotics, and sustainable design. Furthermore, he is dedicated to developing advanced applications for soft robotics, wearable and medical devices, energy harvesting, automotive systems, aerospace engineering, and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS). He has guided numerous graduate students across a diverse spectrum of research initiatives, including projects focused on hand exoskeletons, contact-aided compliant mechanisms, swarm robotics, and biped gaits. He has served as an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics for two terms, and as Faculty Advisor and Associate Dean for International Relations at IIT Kanpur. He earned his undergraduate degree from IIT Bombay in 1995, followed by a master's degree from the University of Toledo in 1997, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. Burkhard Corves is the Director of the Institute of Mechanism Theory, Machine Dynamics and Robotics of RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, since 2000. He is the chairman of the VDI-Committee of the VDI-Scientific Board on “Mechanism and Machine Theory” and chair of IFToMM MO Germany. His almost 700 publications cover different topics such as industrial and mobile robotics, navigation and control of robotic systems, linkages, cam mechanism, glass and packaging machinery, pneumatic mechanisms, computer-aided graphical analysis and synthesis in mechanism theory, mechatronic development, and machine design strategy.

Safvan Palathingal is an Assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad. He earned his B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Calicut, obtained his M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. His research focuses on developing engineering applications through the understanding and control of nonlinear solid mechanics associated with large deformations. His lab is particularly interested in the mechanics and design of slender structures, compliant mechanisms, structural optimization, and related interdisciplinary areas.