Planar linkages following a prescribed motion
Authors:
Matteo Gallet, Christoph Koutschan, Zijia Li, Georg Regensburger, Josef Schicho and Nelly Villamizar
Journal:
Math. Comp. 86 (2017), 473-506
MSC (2010):
Primary 70B15, 68W30, 70G55, 20G20, 16Z05, 14P05, 12Y05
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/mcom/3120
Published electronically:
April 13, 2016
MathSciNet review:
3557808
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Abstract: Designing mechanical devices, called linkages, that draw a given plane curve has been a topic that interested engineers and mathematicians for hundreds of years, and recently also computer scientists. Already in 1876, Kempe proposed a procedure for solving the problem in full generality, but his constructions tend to be extremely complicated. We provide a novel algorithm that produces much simpler linkages, but works only for parametric curves. Our approach is to transform the problem into a factorization task over some noncommutative algebra. We show how to compute such a factorization, and how to use it to construct a linkage tracing a given curve.
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Matteo Gallet
Affiliation:
Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
MR Author ID:
1094242
Email:
matteo.gallet@ricam.oeaw.ac.at
Christoph Koutschan
Affiliation:
Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
Email:
christoph.koutschan@ricam.oeaw.ac.at
Zijia Li
Affiliation:
Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
MR Author ID:
978116
Email:
zijia.li@ricam.oeaw.ac.at
Georg Regensburger
Affiliation:
Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
Email:
georg.regensburger@ricam.oeaw.ac.at
Josef Schicho
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC), Johannes Kepler University, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
MR Author ID:
332588
Email:
josef.schicho@ricam.oeaw.ac.at
Nelly Villamizar
Affiliation:
Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
Email:
nelly.villamizar@ricam.oeaw.ac.at
Received by editor(s):
February 19, 2015
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
June 13, 2015
Published electronically:
April 13, 2016
Additional Notes:
The first, second, and third authors were supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): W1214.
The first author was also supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): P26607 - “Algebraic Methods in Kinematics: Motion Factorisation and Bond Theory”
The fourth author was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): P27229.
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