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Ramon Sancibrian

Mechanical Engineering group

Department of Structural and Mechanical Engineering

ETSIIT – University of Cantabria

Avda. de los Castros s/n, 39005 Santander, Cantabria

Spain

Tel: +34 942201859

Fax: +34 942201853

e-mail: sancibrr@unican.es

Associated Professor

Mechanical Engineering group

Department of Structural and Mechanical Engineering

University of Cantabria

 

Teaching (undergraduate level)

 

 

 

Research of interest

 

 

Last publications

 

 

 

Grants and contracts

 

 

 

2258 - Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines (in Spanish)

Cap. 0: Course information

Cap. I: Introduction

Cap. II.1: Plane motion

Cap. II.2: Curvature theory

Cap. II.3: Four-bar linkage

Cap. III.1: Graphical analysis

Cap. III.2: Raven Method

Cap. III.3: Numerical Methods

Cap. IV.1: Function generation synthesis

Cap. IV.2: Path generation synthesis

Cap. IV. 3: Rigid-body guidance synthesis

Cap. V.1: Cams I

Cap. V.2: Cams II

Cap. VI.1: Gears I

Cap. VI.2: Gears II

Cap. VI.3: Gear trains

 

Some interesting mechanisms

 

 

 

 

Synthesis examples

 

 

 

Suspension and steering system design in vehicles

 

 

 

 

Laparoscopic surgery tools design

 

Laparoscopic surgery is now widely established as a minimally invasive surgical technique which has several benefits. Some of these benefits for patients are pain reduction and shorter hospital stays. The main goal is to introduce kinematic improvements in the surgical tools. Two main problems currently remain unsolved in this sort of instrumentation: increase the number of degrees of freedom in the kinematic motion and improve the tactile sensations of the instruments.

 

In the former case, to access the patient’s organ an improvement in the dexterity will be desirable. In the second case, we will search for the mechanisms to obtain the necessary feedback information. In this way, the surgeon has valuable information about the pressure exerted and the organ stiffness

 

 

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