This paper presents a general method for the analysis of planar mechanisms consisting of rigid links connected by rotational and/or translational joints. After describing the links as vectors in the complex plane, a simple recipe is outlined for formulating a set of polynomial equations which determine the locations of the links when the mechanism is assembled. It is then shown how to reduce this system of equations to a generalized eigenvalue problem, or in some cases, a single resultant polynomial. Both input/output problems and tracing-curve equations are treated.
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