Design of a Dynamically Balanced 2-DOF Planar Parallel Manipulator using Four-bar Legs

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

Amin Poursafar ¹ , Meisam Vahabi ²

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran. Modern manufacturing technologies research center, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

Received: 2017-05-30 Accepted : 2017-07-17 Published : 2017-11-06

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