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Table 3 8-bar mechanism joint distance constraints

From: Design and preliminary evaluation of the FINGER rehabilitation robot: controlling challenge and quantifying finger individuation during musical computer game play

Joint-to-joint distance(s), calculated at each of the 15 goal configurations

Bounds (mm)

Purpose

W G 1 ¯ , W 1 G ¯ , W 2 G ¯ , W 2 W ¯ , W 2 H ¯ , HG ¯ , H G 1 ¯ , H 2 G ¯ , H 2 G 1 ¯ , H 2 W ¯ , H 2 W 1 ¯ , YG ¯ , Y G 1 ¯ , YW ¯ , Y W 1 ¯ , Y W 2 ¯ , Y 1 G ¯ , Y 1 G 1 ¯ , Y 1 W ¯ , Y 1 W 1 ¯ , Y 1 W 2 ¯ , Y 1 H ¯ , Y 1 H 2 ¯ , Y 2 G ¯ , Y 2 G 1 ¯ , Y 2 W ¯ , Y 2 W 1 ¯ , Y 2 H ¯ , Y 2 Y ¯

{19.1, 254}

Keep joints from colliding during motion, and make joints manufacturable.