Structural error synthesis of mechanisms is usually carried out either by the precision point approach or by using optimization techniques. A new approach for such problems using the reliability concept is presented in this paper. Besides being simple, this approach leads to a closed form solution and the mechanism can be designed to perform with any desired reliability. Its application is illustrated by means of a numerical example and the results are compared with those available.
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