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The act of flipping an egg in a pan without a spatula involves complex motion profiles of both the pan and the egg inside. Many cooks achieve this motion profile through trial and error and experience in the kitchen. The goal of this project was to analytically determine what motion profile is needed to launch an egg with enough linear and angular velocity to achieve one full rotation in flight, and then replicate this using a six bar linkage with one input motor spinning at a constant angular velocity. You can learn more about our project proposal here.
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