Brigham Young University Compliant Mechanism Research (CMR) was established as a result of the Utah Centers of Excellence Program (click to visit website). The Centers of Excellence Program (COEP) is a state-sponsored program that funds late stage research in order to develop new products, high-tech companies, and skilled jobs.

BYU CMR focuses on accelerating and streamlining commercial applications of devices that obtain their motion from the deflection of flexible parts rather than from pin joints. These devices are referred to as compliant mechanisms.

Compliant mechanisms have a variety of unique and powerful advantages that make them attractive to a variety of industries. Some of these advantages include:

• Reduced part count
• Long life
• Reduced friction, wear, and noise

Currently, the CMR lab is located in room 187 in the Clyde Building on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.