To address the drawbacks of conventional compliant
micro-positioning platforms—namely structural complexity and excessive spatial
occupancy—while ensuring a millimeter-scale motion range, high positioning
accuracy, and favorable static and dynamic performance, this study proposes and
develops a novel 3T1R compliant kinematic pair. The pair transmits displacement
through the bending deformation of compliant beams, and, based on this
configuration, a new translational compliant micro-positioning platform with
three degrees of freedom is constructed, in which a single kinematic pair
replaces traditional multi-branch structures. On this basis, theoretical models
describing the static and dynamic characteristics of the platform are derived
using compliant mechanism modeling methods, and the structural parameters are
optimized to improve overall performance. Finite element analysis is
subsequently performed to validate the proposed theoretical models. The results
demonstrate that the theoretical predictions and simulation outcomes exhibit
smooth and consistent agreement. A clear separation is observed between the
first three and higher-order natural frequencies, and within a motion range of
1 mm, the parasitic motions and coupling errors in all translational directions
are effectively constrained within 0.7%. These findings confirm both the
rationality of the proposed compliant kinematic pair and the structural design
of the platform, as well as the correctness of the theoretical modeling
approach, thereby providing new theoretical foundations and design strategies
for the advancement of compliant micro-positioning platforms.
ZHENG Zhi, CAO Yi
. Design
and Analysis of a Spatial Translational Micro-Positioning Platform Based on a
Novel Compliant Flexure Joint[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University, 0
: 1
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DOI: 10.16183/j.cnki.jsjtu.2025.216