Graphical User Interface to Solve the Burmester Problem

Julien Bourrelle (1) , Chao Chen (1) , Stéphane Caro (2) , Jorge Angeles (1)

1 CIM - Centre for Intelligent Machines
2 IRCCyN - Institut de Recherche en Communications et en Cybernétique de Nantes

The classic Burmester problem aims at finding the geometric parameters of a planar four-bar linkage for a prescribed set of finitely separated poses. In this paper, we introduce a Matlab-based graphical user interface to support the solution of the classic Burmester problem. The synthesis deals with both revolute-revolute (RR) and prismatic-revolute (PR) dyads for a prescribed set of five poses. Issues such as numerical conditioning, multiplicity of solutions and singularities are considered. A case study shows the applicability and robustness of the numerical procedure in a design environment.

Mots clés: Graphical User Interface; Burmester Problem; Four-bar Linkage; Numerical Conditioning; Five-pose Synthesis

Domaines: Electronique

Julien Bourrelle, Chao Chen, Stéphane Caro, Jorge Angeles. Graphical User Interface to Solve the Burmester Problem. IFToMM World Congress, Jun 2007, Besançon, France. pp.1-8. ⟨hal-00465550⟩