Abstract
The kinematic optimization of planar linkages is the stage following a synthesis process and belongs to the detailed design stage. In kinematic synthesis problems, the guidance of several points and bodies with prescribed motion subject to space constraints is a difficult task to be achieved by an unknown mechanism. An available software prototype able to solve this kind of problems is firstly used for enumerating solutions satisfying some precision positions and the space constraint. Then, the BOSS-QUATTRO software is used to refine the kinematic errors for fine time steps. Some preliminary results for optimizing a flap-tab mechanism are presented.
