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This paper presents a one-degree-of-freedom network of Bennett linkages which can be deployed to approximate a cylindrical surface. The geometry of the unit mechanism is parameterized and its position kinematics is solved. The influence of the geometric parameters on the deployed shape is examined. Further kinematic analysis isolates those...

A mechanism which is able to fold into a bundle is of particular interest: minimal size facilitates storage and transport. The paper presents a simple and general geometric method to design bundle-folding linkages based on one-degree-of-freedom spatial overconstrained loops. The so designed mechanism can be folded into a line bundle and...

There has been an increasing interest in design and construction of deployable mechanisms (DMs) with multiple degrees of freedom (DOFs). This paper summarizes a family of deployable mechanisms that approximates a series of curves and surfaces using the polygonal approximation technique. These mechanisms are obtained by linking the two- and...

The paper presents a set of one-degree-of-freedom overconstrained linkages, which can be folded into a bundle and deployed into a polygon on a plane. The proposed mechanisms are movable Bricard octahedra of type III, characterized by the existence of two configurations where all joints are coplanar. The possible geometries of doubly-collapsible...