Many small mechanisms contain a spring or two. Ballpoint pens, for example, use coil springs while battery holders rely on beam springs for contacts. When the need for a spring arise, users can pick a ...

Spring-loaded plungers use a spring and a plunger (or ball tip) to exert a precise and repeatable force. They are a better option than having engineers cobble together an assembly that uses a simple, ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. The variable stiffness joint is a kind of flexible actuator with variable stiffness characteristics suitable for physical human–robot ...