The theory has been developed for the design of a new mechanical component: variable-ratio
chain drives with noncircular sprockets and minimum slack. The theory is based on a …

Background The 69th World Health Assembly approved the Global Health Sector Strategy
to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. Although no virological cure exists for hepatitis B virus (…

Researchers have been concerned about the deterioration of artistic creativity among
children during primary schooling. While modern technologies offer considerable potential to …

Traditional methods of teaching music are largely subjective, with the lack of objectivity
being particularly challenging for violin students learning vibrato because of the existence of …

The manipulation of chopsticks requires skillful motions of fingers. Therefore, it would be
difficult to manipulate chopsticks for people with hand dysfunction. We designed a simple and …

This paper proposes an interactive bike simulator of 2-degrees-of-freedom (DOF) mechanisms
with dynamic platform driven by changing cable length and its application to virtual reality …

This paper presents a novel design of adjustable elliptical exerciser, which can adjust both
stride and inclined angle. Firstly, we use a selected coupler curve of four-bar linkage to …

In response to the essential role probe cards play in the semiconductor testing industry, a
CMOS-MEMS force sensing devices capable of simultaneously monitoring the probe reacting …

This paper presents an analytical solution for plane elasticity problems of an elliptically
cylindrical layered media subject to an arbitrary edge dislocation. Based on the technique of …

In this paper, we report a novel plating-friendly polishing mechanism for fabrication of high
coplanarity and high density lead-free copper pillar bumps for advanced packaging …