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Due to the nature of our machine having two degrees of freedom rather than simply just having one, the mechanism's full range linkage operation could not be rendered in a tool such as Planar Mechanism Kinematic Simulator. Instead, the linkage operation was animated within SolidWorks, as seen in the annotated video below:
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Figure #3.4: Annotated animation of the full assembly as seen within SolidWorks (NOTE: Due to the large filesize of the video, the video may need to be downloaded to view.)