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Task-Aware Counterweight Synthesis and Co-Design Method Proposed for Serial Manipulators
A new arXiv preprint presents a method for designing passive counterweights for serial robotic manipulators based on the distribution of tasks the robot will actually perform, rather than optimizing for a single pose. The work combines counterweight synthesis with constrained co-design, aiming to better compensate gravity across realistic operating configurations. It falls within robotics and machine learning research rather than a commercial product release.