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Scientific publications of the thinkMOTION team

2013

V. Petuya, Ch. Pinto, J. Corral, E. Amezua, A. Hernandez
Using the thinkMOTION project resources for the teaching of Mechanism and Machine Theory
1st International Symposium on the Education in Mechanism and Machine Science, June 13-14, 2013. Madrid, Spain. New Trends in Educational Activity in the field of Mechanism and Machine Theory. Springer Mechanism and Machine Science Series, vol. 19. García-Prada, J. C., Castejón, C. Eds. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-01835-5

V. Petuya, O. Altuzarra, Ch. Pinto, E. Amezua, A. Hernandez
El proyecto thinkMOTION: creación de una librería digital de mecanismos en Europeana
DYNA Journal, 2013. (under preparation)

Ceccarelli M., Cigola M.
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
In: Distinguished Figures in Mechanism and Machine Science: Their Contributions and Legacies, Part 3; Springer, Dordrecht, 2013. (under preparation)

Ceccarelli M.
Giuseppe Antonio Borgnis
In: Distinguished Figures in Mechanism and Machine Science: Their Contributions and Legacies, Part 3; Springer, Dordrecht, 2013. (under preparation)

Marco Ceccarelli, Francesco Sorge, Giuseppe Genchi
Notes on Elia Ovazza: professor of TMM in Palermo since the end of 19-th century
Palermo Workshop on History of MMS 2013. (under preparation)

Yibing Fang, Marco Ceccarelli
North Italy Medium Size Companies of Mechanical industry from mid 19th Century
Palermo Workshop on History of MMS 2013. (under preparation)

Cigola M.
The Qiqi Tushubo by the Jesuit Johann Schreck: Europeans “Theatra Machinarum” in China in the XVIIth century
A bridge between Science and Engineering – Proceeding of XXXII International SISFA Congress “Phisics, Astronomy and Engineering, Springer, Dordrecht, 2013. (under preparation)

Olga Egorova, Marco Ceccarelli
Ivan Artobolevski as the First IFToMM President
Theory of Mechanism and Machine, Journal of St Petersburg State University. (under preparation)

Cigola M.
L’impronta della memoria
Sesto Seminario di Studi “Idee per la Rappresentazione”, Siracusa, Italy May 2013. (in print)

Yibing Fang, Marco Ceccarelli, Baichun Zhang
Findings on Italian Historical developments of Machine Technology in 19th Century towards industrial revolution
SYROM 2013 The 11th IFToMM International Symposium on Science of Mechanisms and Machines, Brasov. (in print)

Veit Henkel, Sascha Falke, Torsten Brix
The Digital Mechanism and Gear Library Supports Design Engineers in Finding Ideas for Design Solutions in the Field of Motion Systems
In: Mechanika 2013. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference, April 4-5, 2013, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. ISSN 1822-2951. Kaunas: Technologija, 2013. p. 87-92.
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M. Ceccarelli
Notes for a History of Grasping Devices
In: Grasping in Robotics, Carbone Giuseppe (Ed.); Series: Mechanisms and Machine Science, Vol. 10, URL: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4471-4664-3_1

2012

Jean-Christophe Fauroux
PATSTEC-thinkMOTION, Une riche collaboration entre projets national et européen
Conférence invitée à la Journée Nationale de la Mission de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine Scientifique et Technique Contemporain (PATSTEC), 21 novembre 2012, Musée du CNAM, Paris. 30 p.

Erwin-Christian Lovasz, Karl-Heinz Modler, Corina Mihaela Gruescu, Dan Perju, Valentin Ciupe
Novel Solution for Reel Mechanisms
The 2nd IFToMM Asian Conference on Mechanism and Machine Science, November 7 -10, 2012, Tokyo, Japan, pp. ID 96

S. Falke, T. Brix, R. Brecht, U. Döring, M. Reeßing
Providing Suitable Information Accesses for New Users of Digital Libraries – Case Study DMG-Lib
In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Supporting Users’ Exploration of Digital Libraries (SUEDL) at International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL), Cyprus, 27 September 2012. URL: http://ixa2.si.ehu.es/suedl/SUEDLproceedings.pdf
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Marco Ceccarelli
An Illustrated History of LARM in Cassino
Proceedings of RAAD 2012 International Workshop on Robotics in Ale-Adria-Danube Region, Napoli, Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, ISBN 978-88-95430-45-4,pp. 35-42.

Marco Ceccarelli
Historical Development of CaPaMan, Cassino Parallel Manipulator
New Trends in Mechanisms and Machine Science, Springer Dordrecht, 2012, pp.749-747, ISBN 978-94-007-4001-6, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-4902-3_78

Marco Ceccarelli
Activity and influence of Francesco Masi in Italy at the end of XIX century
In: Science and Technics in XVIII and XIX century, Mesini E. and Mirri D. (eds), CLUEB, Bologna , pp. 467- 492. ISBN 978-88-491-3697-5. (in Italian)

Jean-Christophe Fauroux
Synthesis of spatial parallel mechanisms for a vertical and longitudinal all-terrain suspension
In: Mechanisms, Mechanical Transmissions and Robotics. Edited by Grigore Gogu, Inocentiu Maniu, Erwin-Christian Lovasz, Jean-Christophe Fauroux and Valentin Ciupe, TransTech Publications, Vol. 162 of Applied Mechanics and Materials, ISSN 1660-9336, Proc. of MTM-ROBOTICS 2012, The Joint International Conference of the XI International Conference on Mechanisms and Mechanical Transmissions (MTM) and the International Conference on Robotics (Robotics’12), Clermont-Ferrand, France, June 6-8, 2012, pp. 19-28.

Jean-Christophe Fauroux, Belhassen-Chedli Bouzgarrou, Nicolas Bouton, Philippe Vaslin, Roland Lenain and Frédéric Chapelle
Agile wheeled mobile robots for service in natural environment
In: Service Robots and Robotics: Design and Application, A book edited by prof. Marco Ceccarelli, University of Cassino, Italy. Book chapter, pp.295-337. ISBN 978-1-4666-0291-5. IGI GLOBAL, 419 p., 2012.

Barej, M.; Hüsing, M.; Corves, B.
Teaching in Mechanism Theory – From Hands-on Analysis to Virtual Modeling
In: New Trends in Mechanism and Machine Science; 4th European Conference on Mechanism Science, September 18th-22nd, 2012, Santander, Spain. ISBN: 978-94-007-4901-6, ISSN: 2211-0984, pp. 703-710.

E.-C. Lovasz, D. Perju, K.-H. Modler, C. Gruescu, I. Maniu, E.S. Zabava
Numerical Iterative Method for Computing the Base Circle Radius of Cam Mechanisms with Translating Flat-Face Follower
In: New Trends in Mechanism and Machine Science Theory and Applications in Engineering, 2013, Volume 7, Part 3, 237-244, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4902-3_25, Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London. EUCOMES 2012, Santander, Spain. SPRINGER LINK, 2012, 16-18 Septembrie, ISBN: 978-94-007-4901-6, pp. 237-244

Goubet, David; Fauroux, Jean-Christophe; Gogu, Grigore
Structural synthesis of innovative gripping mechanisms for wood harvesting
In: “New Trends in Mechanism and Machine Science”, edited by Fernado VIADEIRO and Marco CECCARELLI, Springer, Mechanisms and Machine Science Vol. 7, ISBN 978-94-007-4901-6, Proc. 4th European Conference on Mechanism Science , EUCOMES 2012, September 18th-22nd, 2012, Santander, Spain.

J. Aginaga, J.C. Pérez Cerdán, V. Hernández, V. Petuya, M. Lorenzo, O. Altuzarra, Ch. Pinto, A. Hernández
Restoration and digital display of Max Kohl in the Engineering School of USAL
In: “New Trends in Mechanism and Machine Science”, edited by Fernado VIADEIRO and Marco CECCARELLI, Springer, Mechanisms and Machine Science Vol. 7, ISBN 978-94-007-4901-6, Proc. 4th European Conference on Mechanism Science , EUCOMES 2012, September 18th-22nd, 2012, Santander, Spain.

J. Aginaga, V. Petuya, O. Altuzarra, Ch. Pinto, A. Hernández, J.C. Pérez, M.A. Lorenzo
Recopilación de documentación histórica sobre Ingeniería Mecánica para el Proyecto Europeo thinkMOTION
XIX Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, Castellón, Spain, 2012. Published in: Anales de Ingeniería Mecánica Journal (18), 2012. ISSN: 0212-5072.

E.-C. Lovasz, D. Perju, C. Gruescu, K.-H. Modler, I. Carabas and E.S. Zabava
Numerical Method for Determination of Base Circle Radius of Cam Mechanisms with Oscillationg Flat-Face Follower
Proceedings of the XIth TMM Liberec 2012, Mechanisms and Machine Science 8 – Advances in Mechanisms Design, Springer Dordecht Heidelberg New York London. SPRINGER LINK, 2012, 4-6 Septembrie, ISSN 2211-0984, ISBN 978-94-007-5124-8, pp. 143-150.

E.-Ch. Lovasz, C.M. Gruescu, V. Ciupe, I. Carabas, D. Margineanu, I. Maniu and N. Dehelean
Advanced Digitization Techniques in Retrieval of Mechanism and Machine Science Resources
Proceedings of the XIth TMM Liberec 2012, Mechanisms and Machine Science 8 – Advances in Mechanisms Design, Springer Dordecht Heidelberg New York London. SPRINGER LINK, 2012, 4-6 Septembrie, ISBN 978-94-007-5124-8, pp. 35-42.

Valentin Ciupe, Erwin-Christian Lovasz and Corina-Mihaela Gruescu
High Quality Document Digitization Equipment
Mechanisms, Mechanical Transmissions and Robotics, Applied Mechanics and Materials, vol. 162 (2012), Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.162.589. ISBN-13: 978-3-0303785-395-5. 2012. pp. 589-596.

Valentin Ciupe, Erwin-Christian Lovasz and Corina-Mihaela Gruescu
Demonstrative Digital Mechanisms Library
Mechanisms, Mechanical Transmissions and Robotics, Applied Mechanics and Materials, vol. 162 (2012), Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.162.37. ISBN-13: 978-3-0303785-395-5. 2012. pp. 37-46.

Brix, T.; Brecht, R.; Henkel, V.; Reeßing, M.
DMG-Lib – An Open Access Digital Library as an Exploration Tool for Historians and Engineers
In: Koetsier, T.; Ceccarelli, M. (eds.): Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms. Proceedings of HMM2012, May 7 – May 11, VU University, Amsterdam. Springer 2012, ISBN: 978-94-007-4131-7.

Braune, R.; Corves, B.
Franz Reuleaux and Rhenish Roots of Mechanism Theory
In: Koetsier, T.; Ceccarelli, M. (eds.): Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms. Proceedings of HMM 2012, May 7 – May 11, VU University, Amsterdam. Springer 2012, ISBN: 978-94-007-4131-7, pp. 21-38.

Corves, B.
Kurt Rauh: Saxon Mechanism Theory Brought to Aachen
In: Koetsier, T.; Ceccarelli, M. (eds.): Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms, Proceedings of HMM 2012, May 7 – May 11, VU University, Amsterdam. Springer 2012, ISBN: 978-94-007-4131-7, pp. 107-122.

Lovasz, E.-C., Perju, D., Maniu, I., Rădulescu, C., Ciupe, V.
Francisc Viliam Kovács – Leader in the development of mechanisms and robotics in Romania
In: History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 1, Volume 15, Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms, Part 2, Amsterdam, 2012, 171-182, ISBN 978-94-007-4131-7 .

Marco Ceccarelli, Michela Cigola
On the evolution of graphical representation of gears
In: Lovasz, Erwin; Corves, Burkhard (ed.) Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications, Springer, New York, 2012, pp. 3-14
Presented on the 1st Workshop on Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications MeTrApp 2011, Timişoara, Romania, October 06-08, 2011.

Burkhard Corves
Kurt Hain and Walther Meyer zur Capellen: A View from Aachen at Two Shapers of German Mechanism Theory
In: Lovasz, Erwin; Corves, Burkhard (ed.) Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications, Springer, New York, 2012, pp. 15 – 36
Presented on the 1st Workshop on Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications MeTrApp 2011, Timişoara, Romania, October 06-08, 2011.

Döring Ulf, Brecht Rike, Brix Torsten
thinkMOTION – DMG-Lib goes Europeana
In: Lovasz, Erwin; Corves, Burkhard (ed.) Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications, Springer, New York, 2012, pp. 37 – 46
Presented on the 1st Workshop on Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications MeTrApp 2011, Timişoara, Romania, October 06-08, 2011.

E.-C. Lovasz, D. Perju, B. Corves, T. Brix, K.-H. Modler, I. Maniu, C.M. Gruescu, A. Lovasz and V. Ciupe.
Multilingual Illustrated μ-thesaurus in Mechanisms Science
In: Lovasz, Erwin; Corves, Burkhard (ed.) Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications, Springer, New York, 2012, pp. 47 – 58
Presented on the 1st Workshop on Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications MeTrApp 2011, Timişoara, Romania, October 06-08, 2011.

B. Corves, S. Kurtenbach, M. Hüsing, C. Schneider
A General Classification for Mechanisms Regarding the Motion Task
In: Lovasz, Erwin; Corves, Burkhard (ed.) Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications, Springer, New York, 2012, pp. 59 – 66
Presented on the 1st Workshop on Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications MeTrApp 2011, Timişoara, Romania, October 06-08, 2011.

Ceccarelli M.
The Historical Development of Catrasysm a Cable System
In: Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms,, Book series on History of Machines and Machine Science, Vol.15, Springer, Dordrecht,  2012. pp.365-379. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4132-4. ISBN: 978-94-007-4131-7 .

Cigola M.
The influence of the society of Jesus on the spread of European mechanical knowledge in the XVI and XVII centuries
IFToMM Int. Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms, Vol.15, Springer, Dordrecht,  2012. pp.69-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4132-4. ISBN: 978-94-007-4131-7 .

Zakiuddin K.S., Sondawale H.V, Modak J.P., Ceccarelli M.
History of Human Powered Threshing Machines: a Literature Review
In: Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms,, Book series on History of Machines and Machine Science, Vol.15, Springer, Dordrecht,  2012. pp.431-445. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4132-4. ISBN: 978-94-007-4131-7 .

Ceccarelli M.
A history of TMM-MMS in Italy
15th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, 2011, Chennai,  paper NaCoMM2011-59,  Edited Book: Machines and Mechanisms, Narosa Publ. House, Delhi, 2012, pp.67-74. ISBN 978-81-8487-192-0 .

2011

Corves, B.; Brix, T.; Döring, U.
thinkMOTION: Digital Mechanism and Gear Library Goes Europeana.
In: Technology Developments: the Role of Mechanism and Machine Science and IFToMM, Mechanisms and Machine Science 1. Springer Science+Business, 2011. ISBN: 978-94-007-1299-7 , S. 141-151.

Guía de prensa, S.L. (eds.)
COMPMECH, un exponente en investigación de robótica
In: La VOZ empresarial. Tecnología I+D Ascensores. Nr. 34974. Year CVIII. September 28th, 2011. p. 14.
http://www.guiadeprensa.com/prensa/ABC/2011/09/28/la_voz_empresarial&ei=Ns7hT_mUONGk-ga72Ly9Aw&usg=AFQjCNH8rb9WwhOKyUw-cz8ZekMING3TwQ

Lovasz, E.-C., Perju, D., Modler, K.-H., Corves, B., Brix, T., Döring, U., Maniu, I., Lovasz, A., Ciupe, V.
Erfahrungen aus der Lehre und Forschung kommen in die thinkMOTION Datenbank
9. Kolloquium Getriebetechnik, Chemnitz, 2011, 41-56, ISBN 978-3-941-003-4-8 .

Brix, T.; Döring, U.; Brecht, R.; Reeßing, M.; Lovasz, E.:
thinkMOTION – Europeanas Tor in die Welt der Getriebe
In: 9. Kolloquium Getriebetechnik / Kolloquium Getriebetechnik ; 9 (Chemnitz) : 2011.09.07-09. – Chemnitz : Univ.-Verl. Chemnitz (2011), S. 57-72. URL: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-71264
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Lonij, G.; Corves, B.; Razum, M.; Reeßing, M.; Brix, T.:
e-Kinematix: virtuelle Forschungsumgebung zur Unterstützung der Getriebeentwicklung
In: 9. Kolloquium Getriebetechnik / Kolloquium Getriebetechnik ; 9 (Chemnitz) : 2011.09.07-09. – Chemnitz : Univ.-Verl. Chemnitz (2011), S. 245-261. URL: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-71264

Fauroux Jean-Christophe, Bouzgarrou Belhassen-Chedli, Gogu Grigore
Pédagogie et recherche pour une bibliothèque numérique de machines et mécanismes au sein du projet européen thinkMOTION
Colloque C2 – Formation et Pédagogie. 20ème Congrès Français de Mécanique, Besançon, 28 Août – 2 Septembre 2011, 6 p.
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Reeßing, M.; Brix, T.; Döring, U.
Providing design solution repositories in the field of mechanism theory
In: Design information and knowledge / International Conference on Engineering Design ; 18 (Copenhagen) : 2011.08.15-18. – [Glasgow] : Design Society (2011), S. 272-281.

Fauroux Jean-Christophe
Le projet européen thinkMotion au service du GDR Robotique
Journée Prototypage de Robots, GT6 Conception Innovante et Mécatronique, Groupe de Recherche en Robotique, ISIR Paris, 27 Juin 2011, 30p.
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Ceccarelli, Marco
Mechanism Designs of Cultural Heritage
13th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM 2011), Guanajuato, México, 19-25 June 2011, paper n. A21-393.

H. Kerle, K. Mauersberger, M. Ceccarelli
Historical Remarks on Past Model Collections of Machines and Mechanisms in Europe
13th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM 2011), Guanajuato, México, 19-25 June 2011, paper n. A21-279.

T.Brix, U. Döring, M. Reeßing
Creating Present-Day Solutions from Historical Knowledge
13th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science, A21_475, Guanajuato, México, 19-25 June, 2011
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Lovasz, E.-C., Perju, D., Corves, B., Brix, T., Maniu, I., Modler, K.-H., Lovasz, A., Ciupe, V.
Multilingual Illustrated μ-thesaurus of “mechanism” indexing terms
13th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM 2011), Guanajuato, México, 19-25 June 2011, paper n. A27-404.
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O. Egorova and M. Ceccarelli
Ivan Ivanovich Artobolevski as one of the Founders of IFToMM
13th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM 2011), Guanajuato, México, 19-25 June 2011, paper n. A21-397.

Ch. Pinto, E. Macho, V. Petuya, O. Altuzarra, A. Hernandez
Logiciel de simulation pour la caractérisation cinématique de robots spatiaux
12e colloque National AIP-PRIMECA. Proceedings del Congreso. Clermont-Ferrand, Francia del 29 al 1 de abril de 2011
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Fauroux Jean-Christophe
ThinkMotion, stratégie de déploiement en France
Plenary session 7. 12th National Conference of the French PRIMECA Community. 29 Mars – 1er avril 2011, Mont-Dore, France
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D’Aliesio E., Ceccarelli M.
A history of artificial hands
In: Proceedings of IFToMM-FeIbIM Int. Symposium on Mechatronics and Multibody Systems MUSME 2011, Valencia, 2011, paper 37.

R. Brecht, V. Henkel
thinkMOTION: DMG-Lib goes Europeana – Portal für Europas Ingenieurwissen
Universitätnachrichten Ilmenau (UNI), Jahrgang 54, Volume 1, 2011, pp.34-35
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Cigola Michela; Ceccarelli Marco
Historical Development of Paper Mills and Their Machines in South Latium During the Nineteenth Century
In:  History of Machines for Heritage and Engineering Development, Book series on History of Machines and Machine Science,  pp 85-117, Vol.14, Springer, Dordrecht,  2011. ISBN 978-94-007-1250-8 ; DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1251-5

Cesare Rossi, Marco Ceccarelli, Michela Cigola
La groma, lo squadro agrimensorio e il corobate: note di approfondimento su progettazione e funzionalità di antiche strumentazioni
In: Biannual Magazine of the Survey, Analysis and Drawing Department of the Environment and Architecture, Vol. XXII, n.42, 2011, pp.22-33. ISBN 978-88-492-2248-7 .

2010

Brix, Torsten; Corves, Burkhard; Döring, Ulf
Suggestion for a More Productive Workflow and Infrastructure of the Permanent Commission on Standardization of Terminology
Proceedings of 23rd Working Meeting of the IFToMM Permanent Commission for Standardization of Terminology on MMS, Minsk-Gomel, Belarus, 21-26 June 2010, pp.49-57.

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