Myard linkage and its mobile assemblies

In this paper, we present a way to build deployable assemblies using the Myard linkage, a three-dimensional five-bar overconstrained linkage. A family of mobile assemblies of Myard linkages with mobility one have been developed. The characteristics of the assemblies have been analysed. The result shows that they can be used as large scale deployable structures which deploy to a planar configuration and fold to a compact bundle.