Four-bar linkage mechanisms are of interest for many specialists in the academia and industry. However, it is one of the mechanisms that is highly nonlinear and exhibits complex behavior. Therefore, it is difficult to model and control their dynamic responses. In this paper, various control schemes are explored and tested on the four-bar mechanism to investigate the dynamical performance under ...

Analysis of the curvature properties of the link lengths of a four-bar mechanism via Mathematical Modeling Techniques using MATLAB Software. The proper identification of the lengths which has been taken analytically using Freudenstein’s equation, which is an experimental work as well as virtual visualization of the work & the model of a 4-bar linkage ,whose modeling has been done through MATLAB...

In this paper, some definitions and traditional formulas for calculating the mobility of mechanisms are represented, e.g. Grubler formula, Somov - Malyshev formula, and Buchsbaum - Freudenstei. It is discussed that there are certain cases in which they are too ambiguous and incorrect to use. However, a matrix method is suggested based on the rank of the Jacobian of the mechanism and its applica...

Six-bar linkages have been used in some prosthetic knees in the past years, but only a few publications have been written on the special functions of the mechanism as used in transfemoral prosthesis. This paper investigates the advantages of the mechanism as used in the prosthetic knee from the kinematic and dynamic points of view. Computer simulation and an experimental method were used in the...

The synthesis of four-bar mechanisms is well understood, classical design problem. The original systematic work in this field began in the late 1800’s and continues to be an active area of research. Limitations to the classical theory of four-bar synthesis potentially limit its application to certain real-world problems by virtue of the small number of precision points and unspecified order. Th...

In this paper, a four-bar mechanism with two flexible links is proposed to be used in a micromechanical flying insect robot wing thorax design for stroke amplification. PZT5H and PZN-PT based unimorph actuators are utilized at the input link of the four-bar. The kinematics and dynamics of the proposed wing strcuture with two parallel four-bar mechanisms are analyzed, and DC forces generated at ...