Flexure-based mechanisms have been extensively used in the design of positioning and alignment systems. Many performance requirements dictate the selection of flexures, examples being range, bandwidth, and load-capacity. In this research, we focus our interest on flexure-based mechanisms whose design is primarily driven by load-capacity requirements. Our target applications for such mechanisms include those requiring precise vertical guidance, and/or pitch and roll angular alignment. Examples are (i) positioning of large payloads and (ii) positioning under large externally applied load, such as in stamping for micro/nanomanufacturing applications.
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