Synthesis of a five-bar mechanism with variable topology for motion between extreme positions (SYNFBVTM)

Synthesis of Five-Bar Slider Mechanism with Variable Topology for Finitely Separated Positions

“…The paper deals with the synthesis of an offset five-bar slider with variable topology mechanism and a centric fivebar slider variable topology mechanism. In a way, this paper is the continuation of the work of second author [3][4][5]. The suggested procedure successfully applied to the synthesis of five-bar slider which has not been tried.…”

“…The variable topology mechanisms are used to meet complex motion requirements through multiple phases [2]. The main purpose of variable topology mechanism is to make synthesis process simpler [3][4][5].…”

“…Four-bar slider crank linkages have been widely used in industrial applications [6]. Many works on five-bar linkages with variable topology mainly target on revolute joint type [3][4][5]. Though there are works which deal with the fivebar slider crank linkages, they are not commonly found in industries because of their limitations and difficulty in synthesizing [6].…”

“…The method used in the present work has been found in the previous studies for the planar five-bar and seven-bar mechanisms with only revolute pairs [3][4][5]. The mechanisms with sliders and so forth are not dealt with.…”

A Five-Bar Planar Parallel Manipulator with Two End-Effectors

“…Eventhough its simplicity, the five-bar planar parallel manipulator, 5R mechanism for brevity, has been extensively studied approaching issues like inverse-forward kinematics, singularity analysis, optimal workspace, kinematic calibration, topology optimization, robot performance and so on, see for instance [2][3][4][5][6][7]. On the other hand as occur for most parallel manipulators, limited workspace is a drawback of the 5R mechanism, e.g.…”