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In the main part of this paper there is described a new spatial mechanism which exhibits the very peculiar property that a variation of the position parameter(s) can change its mobility. Although many linkages of this type might exist, only two are to be found in the relevant literature. Linkages of this type will be labelled here as kinematotropic linkages. In passing a singularity position (in which a certain transitory infinitesimal mobility is attained) these mechanisms permanently change their global mobilities.
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Wohlhart, K. (1996). Kinematotropic Linkages. In: Lenarčič, J., Parenti-Castelli, V. (eds) Recent Advances in Robot Kinematics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1718-7_36
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