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Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms pp 535–550Cite as

Spatial Overconstrained Linkages—The Lost Jade

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This paper is to review all the discovered three-dimensional overconstrained linkage with only revolute joints. There are 15 types well known and several types recently proposed. Although the kinematics study on this family of linkages is in depth, little industry application has been developed. So it is the lost jade in the treasure box of mechanisms, waiting for being recovered and cherished.

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  1. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang, Singapore, 639798

    Yan Chen

  2. Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, United Kingdom

    Zhong You

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    Teun Koetsier

  2. , Laboratory of Robotics & Mechatronics, University of Cassino, Via di Biasio 43, Cassino, 03043, Italy

    Marco Ceccarelli

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Chen, Y., You, Z. (2012). Spatial Overconstrained Linkages—The Lost Jade. In: Koetsier, T., Ceccarelli, M. (eds) Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4132-4_37

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