3. Kinematics Analysis and Synthesis - Pinball Machine

To ensure the movement of our mechanism works, we decided to focus on the movement of our slotted link. Our kinematic analysis is outlined below with the following link lengths, angles, and velocities:

a = 36.401

theta2 = 120

c1 = 60.828

theta1 = 0

omega2 = 2

c2 = 155.811

b2 = 153

The values for the links were taken directly from our CAD model, while theta2 was chosen arbitrarily within a reasonable range. 

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