... at most three instantaneous DOF in a transition configuration. This work enriches the types of PMs with multiple operation modes and overconstrained mechanisms. Constraint synthesis Overconstrained mechanisms Screw theory Spatial mechanisms Type synthesis Along with the advances...

... of pentapods, we also give a complete list of all nonarchitecturally singular hexapods with two-dimensional self-motions. Computational kinematics Dual-quaternions Kinematic geometry Overconstrained mechanisms Stewart-Gough platform 3 A pentapod (hexapod) is called architecturally singular...

... 23 07 2010 couplings gears geometry kinematics numerical analysis toy manufacturing industry Hoberman switch-pitch ball eight-bar radial linkage overconstrained mechanisms screw-loop equation mobility kinematics singularity Artifacts such as origami and transformable...