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Linkage isomers : links have various nodes available to connect to other links' nodes. Depending on the particular connections of available links, the assembly will have different motion properties. The number of isomers possible from a given collection of links is far from obvious. In fact the problem of mathematically predicting the number of isomers of all link combinations has been a long-unsolved problem. Table 2-3 shows the number of valid isomers found for one-DOF mechanisms with revolute pairs, up to 12 links.

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• Linkage isomers : links have various nodes available to connect to other links' nodes.

• Depending on the particular connections of available links, the assembly will have different motion properties.

• The number of isomers possible from a given collection of links is far from obvious. • In fact the problem of mathematically predicting the number of isomers of all link

combinations has been a long-unsolved problem. • Table 2-3 shows the number of valid isomers found for one-DOF mechanisms with

revolute pairs, up to 12 links.

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there are three possible configurations, as shown above. The parallelogram linkage may switch (uncontrollably!) to the anti-parallelogram linkage if care is not taken to prevent this.