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This volume collects the papers published on the special issue “Kinematics and Robot Design IV, KaRD2021” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KaRD2021), which is the forth edition of the KaRD special-issue series, hosted by the open-access journal “MDPI Robotics”. KaRD series is an open environment where researchers can present their works and discuss all the topics focused on the many aspects that involve kinematics in the design of robotic/automatic systems. Kinematics is so intimately related to the design of robotic/automatic systems that the admitted topics of the KaRD series practically cover all the subjects normally present in well-established international conferences on “mechanisms and robotics”. KaRD2021, after the peer-review process, accepted 12 papers. The accepted papers cover some theoretical and many design/applicative aspects.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- parallel manipulator --- RoboMech --- kinematic synthesis and analysis --- Chebyshev and least-square approximations --- upper limb rehabilitation --- bio-inspired exoskeleton --- cable-driven system --- over-actuation --- Hill’s model --- EP control --- torque adjusting mechanism --- differential evolution --- robot modeling and simulation --- robot design --- dynamic modelling --- rehabilitation robotics --- computational modelling --- simulation --- MATLAB --- Simulink --- SimScape --- SimScape Multibody --- finger grip --- elderly --- ergonomics --- pinch assistant --- pinch force --- usability --- planar linkages --- indeterminate linkages --- screw theory --- collaborative robots --- small-scale production --- skill-based programming --- machine design --- dimensional synthesis --- useful workspace --- performance index --- kinetostatics --- biomimetics --- underwater robots --- robotics --- multibody systems --- transmission systems --- autonomous underwater vehicles --- kinematic synthesis of robots --- mixed-position synthesis --- twist systems --- functional electrical stimulation --- six-bar linkage --- Watt II --- Stephenson III --- performance tricycle --- mechanism optimization --- kinematics --- topology --- design optimization --- dexterity --- inspection --- parallel manipulator --- RoboMech --- kinematic synthesis and analysis --- Chebyshev and least-square approximations --- upper limb rehabilitation --- bio-inspired exoskeleton --- cable-driven system --- over-actuation --- Hill’s model --- EP control --- torque adjusting mechanism --- differential evolution --- robot modeling and simulation --- robot design --- dynamic modelling --- rehabilitation robotics --- computational modelling --- simulation --- MATLAB --- Simulink --- SimScape --- SimScape Multibody --- finger grip --- elderly --- ergonomics --- pinch assistant --- pinch force --- usability --- planar linkages --- indeterminate linkages --- screw theory --- collaborative robots --- small-scale production --- skill-based programming --- machine design --- dimensional synthesis --- useful workspace --- performance index --- kinetostatics --- biomimetics --- underwater robots --- robotics --- multibody systems --- transmission systems --- autonomous underwater vehicles --- kinematic synthesis of robots --- mixed-position synthesis --- twist systems --- functional electrical stimulation --- six-bar linkage --- Watt II --- Stephenson III --- performance tricycle --- mechanism optimization --- kinematics --- topology --- design optimization --- dexterity --- inspection

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This volume collects the papers published on the special issue “Kinematics and Robot Design IV, KaRD2021” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KaRD2021), which is the forth edition of the KaRD special-issue series, hosted by the open-access journal “MDPI Robotics”. KaRD series is an open environment where researchers can present their works and discuss all the topics focused on the many aspects that involve kinematics in the design of robotic/automatic systems. Kinematics is so intimately related to the design of robotic/automatic systems that the admitted topics of the KaRD series practically cover all the subjects normally present in well-established international conferences on “mechanisms and robotics”. KaRD2021, after the peer-review process, accepted 12 papers. The accepted papers cover some theoretical and many design/applicative aspects.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- parallel manipulator --- RoboMech --- kinematic synthesis and analysis --- Chebyshev and least-square approximations --- upper limb rehabilitation --- bio-inspired exoskeleton --- cable-driven system --- over-actuation --- Hill’s model --- EP control --- torque adjusting mechanism --- differential evolution --- robot modeling and simulation --- robot design --- dynamic modelling --- rehabilitation robotics --- computational modelling --- simulation --- MATLAB --- Simulink --- SimScape --- SimScape Multibody --- finger grip --- elderly --- ergonomics --- pinch assistant --- pinch force --- usability --- planar linkages --- indeterminate linkages --- screw theory --- collaborative robots --- small-scale production --- skill-based programming --- machine design --- dimensional synthesis --- useful workspace --- performance index --- kinetostatics --- biomimetics --- underwater robots --- robotics --- multibody systems --- transmission systems --- autonomous underwater vehicles --- kinematic synthesis of robots --- mixed-position synthesis --- twist systems --- functional electrical stimulation --- six-bar linkage --- Watt II --- Stephenson III --- performance tricycle --- mechanism optimization --- kinematics --- topology --- design optimization --- dexterity --- inspection

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This volume collects the papers published on the special issue “Kinematics and Robot Design IV, KaRD2021” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KaRD2021), which is the forth edition of the KaRD special-issue series, hosted by the open-access journal “MDPI Robotics”. KaRD series is an open environment where researchers can present their works and discuss all the topics focused on the many aspects that involve kinematics in the design of robotic/automatic systems. Kinematics is so intimately related to the design of robotic/automatic systems that the admitted topics of the KaRD series practically cover all the subjects normally present in well-established international conferences on “mechanisms and robotics”. KaRD2021, after the peer-review process, accepted 12 papers. The accepted papers cover some theoretical and many design/applicative aspects.

parallel manipulator --- RoboMech --- kinematic synthesis and analysis --- Chebyshev and least-square approximations --- upper limb rehabilitation --- bio-inspired exoskeleton --- cable-driven system --- over-actuation --- Hill’s model --- EP control --- torque adjusting mechanism --- differential evolution --- robot modeling and simulation --- robot design --- dynamic modelling --- rehabilitation robotics --- computational modelling --- simulation --- MATLAB --- Simulink --- SimScape --- SimScape Multibody --- finger grip --- elderly --- ergonomics --- pinch assistant --- pinch force --- usability --- planar linkages --- indeterminate linkages --- screw theory --- collaborative robots --- small-scale production --- skill-based programming --- machine design --- dimensional synthesis --- useful workspace --- performance index --- kinetostatics --- biomimetics --- underwater robots --- robotics --- multibody systems --- transmission systems --- autonomous underwater vehicles --- kinematic synthesis of robots --- mixed-position synthesis --- twist systems --- functional electrical stimulation --- six-bar linkage --- Watt II --- Stephenson III --- performance tricycle --- mechanism optimization --- kinematics --- topology --- design optimization --- dexterity --- inspection

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This book brings together all 16 articles published in the Special Issue "Applied Mathematics to Mechanisms and Machines" of the MDPI Mathematics journal, in the section “Engineering Mathematics”. The subject matter covered by these works is varied, but they all have mechanisms as the object of study and mathematics as the basis of the methodology used. In fact, the synthesis, design and optimization of mechanisms, robotics, automotives, maintenance 4.0, machine vibrations, control, biomechanics and medical devices are among the topics covered in this book. This volume may be of interest to all who work in the field of mechanism and machine science and we hope that it will contribute to the development of both mechanical engineering and applied mathematics.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- path generation --- dimensional synthesis --- hybrid optimization --- slider-crank mechanism --- hybrid compliant mechanisms --- path analysis --- numerical methods --- elliptic integrals --- kinematics --- Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm --- convergence --- neural networks --- local minima --- optimization --- three-legged parallel mechanism --- compliant mechanism --- flexure-based mechanism --- flexure --- compliant joint --- decoupled motion --- coupled motion --- stiffness --- compliance --- suspension algorithm --- predictive suspension --- land vehicle --- sprung mass --- autoencoder --- aeroengine --- denoising --- GRU --- rotordynamic --- adaptive rejection control --- sinusoidal disturbance --- flexible rotor --- hydrodynamic journal bearing --- six-bar mechanism --- dynamic balancing --- fully Cartesian coordinates --- multiobjective optimization --- differential evolution --- Pareto front --- serial robotic manipulators --- singularity identification --- geometric algebra --- rotor group --- distance to a singularity --- air flow medical sensor --- emergency air flow sensor --- low-cost air flow sensor --- nanostructures --- COVID-19 --- FEM analysis --- biomechanics --- effort mathematical models --- NMR reconstruction --- reverse engineering --- elbow joint --- zipper-coupled tubes --- Miura-ori pattern --- deployable mechanism --- origami inspired design --- smooth sheet attachment --- relative rotation --- jump --- safe basin --- fractal --- heteroclinic bifurcation --- delayed feedback --- helical spring --- vibration --- Frenet trihedral --- dispersion relation --- natural frequency --- approximate entropy --- non-linear systems --- phase space reconstruction --- fault classification --- random forest --- support vector machines --- lateral dynamics --- track parameters --- vehicle mathematical modeling --- safety vehicle index