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This volume collects papers published in two Special Issues “Kinematics and Robot Design II, KaRD2019” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KRD2019) and “Kinematics and Robot Design III, KaRD2020” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/robotics/special_issues/KaRD2020), which are the second and third issues of the KaRD Special Issue series hosted by the open access journal robotics.The KaRD series is an open environment where researchers present their works and discuss all topics focused on the many aspects that involve kinematics in the design of robotic/automatic systems. It aims at being an established reference for researchers in the field as other serial international conferences/publications are. Even though the KaRD series publishes one Special Issue per year, all the received papers are peer-reviewed as soon as they are submitted and, if accepted, they are immediately published in MDPI Robotics. 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”.KaRD2019 together with KaRD2020 received 22 papers and, after the peer-review process, accepted only 17 papers. The accepted papers cover problems related to theoretical/computational kinematics, to biomedical engineering and to other design/applicative aspects.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- synthesis of mechanisms --- theoretical and computational kinematics --- robot modeling and simulation --- kinematics in robot control --- position analysis --- mobility and singularity analysis --- performance measures --- accuracy analysis --- novel manipulator architectures --- synthesis of mechanisms --- theoretical and computational kinematics --- robot modeling and simulation --- kinematics in robot control --- position analysis --- mobility and singularity analysis --- performance measures --- accuracy analysis --- novel manipulator architectures

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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