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Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 806815, 17 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/806815
Research Article

Structural Optimization of Slender Robot Arm Based on Sensitivity Analysis

Zhong Luo,1 Xueyan Zhao,2 Le Liang,1 and Fei Wang1

1School of Mechanical Engineering & Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
2Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK

Received 30 June 2012; Revised 3 December 2012; Accepted 11 December 2012

Academic Editor: Gordon Huang

Copyright © 2012 Zhong Luo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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