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A novel electric loading mechanism is introduced in this paper by applying metamorphic mechanisms to the innovative design of loaders, which can change its topological structure to satisfy various kinds of demands during the working process. One driving motor can finish multiple tasks such as shoveling, rolling, lifting, and unloading. This paper introduces the characteristics during the evolutionary process first, based on which, two 0-DOF (Degree-of-Freedom) directional Assur groups are developed to be the new metamorphic cells as well as their representations. Configuration transformation and its degeneration ways during the genetic growth are studied. Biological modeling for working-phase mechanisms is proposed. The evolutionary synthesis process for generating the source-metamorphic loading mechanism and its representation is introduced through evolutionary operations.
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This work was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51075077), Guangxi Key Laboratory of Manufacturing System & Advanced Manufacturing Technology Project (09-007-05S013) and Teams for Innovation in the Construction of Talent Highlands in Guangxi Institutions of Higher Learning.
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Cai, G., Pan, Y., Wang, H., Dai, J.S. (2012). Biological Modeling Representations and Configuration Evolution Analysis of a Novel Metamorphic Loading Mechanism. In: Dai, J., Zoppi, M., Kong, X. (eds) Advances in Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots I. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4141-9_7
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