A study of overconstrained linkage geometry by solution of closure equations — Part 1. Method of study

Abstract A method is described which enables all constrained linkages with given numbers and types of joints and with no passive degrees of freedom, to be derived. This method is based on the dependence of the linkage closure equations in overconstrained linkages. It is applied to a class of linkages in Part 2 of this work, which follows in a later issue.