A novel parallel compliant mechanism with one translation and two rotations is proposed. Its stiffness matrix and force/torque performance indices are derived. The influence of temperature on the output displacement of the compliant mechanism is deduced. Structure parameters of the compliant are optimized with the force and torque performance indices as objective and the equivalent nodal thermal load as constraint condition. The statics and dynamics experiments are conducted to verify the compliant mechanism rationality.
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