1. From: Design of a Linkage System to Write in Cursive
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Figure Legend:
The six-link coupled serial chain is constructed so that each sequence of two links, Lk and Mk, rotates in opposite directions at a multiple k of the base joint rate. The phase angles, ψk and ηk, define the initial configuration of the trigonometric Bezier curve.

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Cubic trigonometric Bezier curve with λ = −0.5 in dashed compared to the cubic Bezier curve in solid and cubic trigonometric Bezier curve with λ = 0.5 in dashed compared to the cubic Bezier curve in solid

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Figure Legend:
The cursive letters that define Yang are defined by eight cubic Bezier curves listed in Table 2

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Figure Legend:
Comparison of curve 1 in Yang drawn by a six-link chain (solid) and by a four-link chain (dashed)

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An example showing the vectors used to calculate the ground pivots Gj

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Figure Legend:
The curves generated by six-link serial chains and the curves generated by corrected four-link serial chains

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Figure Legend:
The comparison of curves generated by six-link and corrected four-link serial chains

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Figure Legend:
The eight four-link coupled serial chains that draw the Bezier curves defining the cursive Yang

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Figure Legend:
The linkage system that can draw Yang in cursive. These chains are driven by the same input.

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Figure Legend:
Script form of the Chinese character long or dragon

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Figure Legend:
Nine Bezier curves used to define the script form of the Chinese character long. The control points are listed in Table 6.

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Figure Legend:
The cubic trigonometric Bezier curves with λ = −0.5 (dashed) fit the cubic Bezier curves (solid), and the cubic trigonometric Bezier curves with λ = 0.01 (dashed) vary from the cubic Bezier curves (solid)

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Figure Legend:
The nine four-link coupled serial chains that draw the Bezier curves defining Chinese character long

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Figure Legend:
The linkage system that draws the script form of the Chinese character long