Research Article

Design and Analysis of a Rigid-Flexible Parallel Mechanism for a Neck Brace

Table 2

The relation between external load and deformation.

Deformation
(10−6 m/M)(10−3 m/M)(10−4 m/M)(10−2/N)(10−1/N)(rad/N·m)(rad/N·m)(rad/N·m)

Theory3.04242.08641.5236−1.06391.67060.861013.519
Simulation3.08372.18451.5946−1.19151.69211.06900.904014.037
Error (%)1.33934.49074.452510.7091.27069.98324.75903.6902