Computer-Aided Mechanical Assembly Design

Publications

• Overview Papers
  • Selecting an Effective Task-Specific Contact Analysis Algorithm
    L. Joskowicz, E. Sacks, and V. Kumar
    IEEE Workshop on New Directions in Contact Analysis and Simulation, IEEE Press, 1998.

    Abstract

    Paper (167 Kb, PDF)

  • Computer-Aided Mechanical Design using Configuration Spaces
    L. Joskowicz and E. Sacks
    IEEE Computers in Science and Engineering, pp. 14-21, Nov./Dec. 1999.
    

    Abstract

    Paper (189 Kb, PDF)

  • Kinematic Synthesis
    J. McCarty and L. Joskowicz
    in Formal Engineering Design Synthesis, Chapter 9,
    Editors: Erik K. Antonsson and Jonathon Cagan.
    

    Abstract

    Paper (2,908 Kb, PDF)

• Configuration Space Computation
  • Computational Kinematics
    L. Joskowicz and E. Sacks
    Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 51, Nos. 1-3, 1991.
    Reprinted in Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics,
    K. Goldberg et al. editors, AK. Peters publisher, 1995.

    Abstract

    Paper (820 Kb, PDF)

  • Computational Kinematic Analysis of Higher Pairs with Multiple Contacts
    E. Sacks and L. Joskowicz
    Journal of Mechanism Design, Vol 117:269-277, 1995.
    

    Abstract

    Paper (381 Kb, PDF)

  • Sliced Configuration Spaces for Curved Planar Bodies
    Elisha Sacks and Chandrajit Bajaj
    International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 17(6), 1998.

    Abstract

    Paper (180 Kb, PDF)

  • Practical Sliced Configuration Spaces for Curved Planar Pairs
    Elisha Sacks
    International Journal of Robotics Research, 18(1), 1999.
    

    Abstract

    Paper (88 Kb, PDF)

  • Kinematic Analysis of Spatial Fixed-Axes Pairs using Configuration Spaces
    Ku-Jin Kim, Elisha Sacks, and Leo Joskowicz
    Purdue University Technical Report, CSD-TR 99-036, 1999.

    Abstract

    Paper (1121 Kb, PDF)

  • Kinematic Analysis of Spatial Fixed-Axes Higher Pairs using Configuration Spaces
    Ku-Jin Kim, Elisha Sacks, and Leo Joskowicz
    Purdue University Technical Report, CSD-TR 02-001, 2002.
    To appear in Computer-Aided Design.
    

    Abstract

    Paper (329 Kb, PDF)

  • Configuration Space Computation for Polyhedra with Planar Motions
    Elisha Sacks
    Purdue University Technical Report, CSD-TR 01-004, 2001.
    

    Abstract

    Paper (38 Kb, PDF)

• Modeling and Simulation
  

  • Automated Modeling and Kinematic Simulation of Mechanisms
    E. Sacks and L. Joskowicz
    Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 25(2), 1993.
    

    Abstract

    Paper (465 Kb, Postscript, missing color figures)

  • Dynamical Simulation of Planar Systems with Changing Contacts using Configuration Space
    E. Sacks and L. Joskowicz
    Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 120, 1998.

    Abstract

    Paper (264 Kb, PDF)

• Tolerancing

  • Kinematic Tolerance Analysis
    L. Joskowicz, E. Sacks, V. Srinivasan
    Computer-Aided Design, Vol 29(2), 1997.
    Reprinted in Algorithms for Robotic Motion and Manipulation ,
    J. P. Laumond and M. Overmars, editors, AK Peters publishers, 1997.
    

    Abstract

    Paper (278 Kb, PDF)

  • Parametric Kinematic Tolerance Analysis of Planar Mechanisms
    E. Sacks and L. Joskowicz
    Computer-Aided Design, Vol 29(5), 1997.

    Abstract

    Paper (192 Kb, PDF)

  • Parametric Kinematic Tolerance Analysis of General Planar Systems
    E. Sacks and L. Joskowicz
    Computer-Aided Design, Vol 30(9), 1998.

    Abstract

    Paper (180 Kb, PDF)

  • Computer-Assisted Kinematic Tolerance Analysis of a Gear Selector Mechanism with the Configuration Space Method
    E. Sacks, L. Joskowicz, R. Schultheiss, and U. Hinze
    Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, 1999.
    

    Abstract

    Paper (95Kb, PDF)

  • Kinematic Tolerance Analysis with Configuration Spaces
    L. Joskowicz, and E. Sacks, Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, 2000.

    Abstract

    Paper (179 Kb, PDF)

  • Nonlinear Kinematic Tolerance Analysis of Planar Mechanical Systems
    M.-H. Kyung, and E. Sacks (correspondent), Purdue University Technical Report CSD-TR 02-004, 2002.
    To appear in Computer-Aided Design.

    Abstract

    Paper (635 Kb, PDF)

• MEMS Design
  • Computer-Aided Micro-Mechanism Design
    E. Sacks and J. Allen
    ASME MEMS Symposium, 1998.

    Abstract

    Paper (112 Kb, PDF)

  • MEMS Functional Validation using the Configuration Space Approach to Simulation and Analysis
    E. Sacks and J. Allen
    Proc. of the Second International Conference on modeling and Simulation
    of Microsystems, Semiconductors, Sensors and Actuators, 1999.

    Abstract

    Paper (407 Kb, PDF)

  • Computer-Aided Kinematic Design of a Torsional Ratcheting Actuator
    E. Sacks and S. Barnes,
    Proc. of the Fourth International Conference on
    Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, Hilton Head, SC, 2001.

    Abstract

    Paper (657 Kb, PDF)

• Motion Planning with Configuration Spaces
  • Interference-Free Insertion of a Solid Body into a Cavity: An Algorithm and a Medical Application
    L. Joskowicz, Institute of Computer Science, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel and
    R. H. Taylor, Computer Science Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
    International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 15 No. 3, 1996.
    

    Abstract

    Paper (275 Kb, PDF)

  • Path Planning for Planar Articulated Robots Using Configuration Spaces and Compliant Motion
    Elisha Sacks
    Purdue University Technical Report, CSD-TR00-011, 2000; Revised 2001 and 2002. To appear in IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation.

    Abstract

    Paper (292 Kb, PDF)

  • Experiments with Nonholonomic Manipulation
    Siddhartha S. Srinivasa, Christopher R. Baker, Elisha Sacks, Grigoriy B. Reshko, Matthew T. Mason, Michael A. Erdmann
    In Proceedings of ICRA, 2002.
    

    Abstract

    Paper (1,295 Kb, PDF)

• Representation and Abstraction
  • Mechanism Comparison and Classification for Design
    L. Joskowicz, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, U.S.A.
    In Research in Engineering Design, Vol 1-2, 1990.

    Abstract

    Paper (795 Kb, Postscript, missing figures)

  • A Representation Language for Mechanical Behavior
    Leo Joskowicz, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, U.S.A. and
    Dorothy Neville, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
    In Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, Vol 10, 1996.

    Abstract

    Paper (84 Kb, PDF)

• Vision
  • Understanding Mechanical Motion: From Images to Behaviors
    T. Dar, L. Joskowicz, and E. Rivlin, Artificial Intelligence, pp. 147-179, 1999.

    Abstract

    Paper (832 Kb, PDF)

• Synthesis
  • Towards Robust Kinematic Synthesis of Mechanical Systems
    E. Sacks, L. Joskowicz, R. Schultheiss, and M. Kyung

    Abstract

    Paper (119 Kb, PDF)

  • Computer-Aided Synthesis of Higher Pairs via Configuration Space Manipulation
    M.-H. Kyung and E. Sacks, International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2000.

    Abstract

    Paper (388 Kb, PDF)

  • Parameter Synthesis of Higher Kinematic Pairs
    M.-H. Kyung and E. Sacks, Purdue University Technical Report, CSD-TR01-020, 2001
    To appear in Computer-Aided Design.

    Abstract

    Paper (259 Kb, PDF)

• Visualization
  • Visualizing 3D Configuration Spaces for Mechanical Design
    E. Sacks, C. Pisula, and L. Joskowicz
    IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, pp. 50-54, Sept./Oct. 1999.
    

    Abstract

    Paper (106 Kb, PDF)

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