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In this paper, 3D printing is presented as useful means for checking design feasibility of mechanism structures for robots. A procedure is outlined for rapid prototyping that can produce scaled prototypes for experimental validation since early stages of robot developments. An example from LARM activities shows the soundness and practical implementation of the proposed method.
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Ceccarelli, M., Carbone, G., Cafolla, D., Wang, M. (2016). How to Use 3D Printing for Feasibility Check of Mechanism Design. In: Borangiu, T. (eds) Advances in Robot Design and Intelligent Control. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 371. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21290-6_31
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