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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.

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