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2025· article· lv· W4413779661 on OpenAlexafffund
Joseph Massin, Lionel Birglen

Bibliographic record

VenueMechanism and Machine Theory · 2025
Typearticle
Languagelv
FieldEngineering
TopicRobotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
Canadian institutionsPolytechnique Montréal
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaPolytechnique Montréal
KeywordsScalable Vector GraphicsJacobian matrix and determinantMatrix (chemical analysis)Computer scienceCombinatoricsDiscrete mathematicsComputer graphics (images)MathematicsWorld Wide WebChemistryApplied mathematics

Abstract

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The Jacobian matrix of a linkage relates actuated velocities to its end-effector velocity. Deriving this matrix for serial mechanisms is straightforward, but usually more challenging for parallel linkages. The velocity equation of these linkages typically comprises two distinct Jacobian matrices. An additional step required to establish the velocity of the end-effector of the linkage as a function of velocities of its actuators consists in inverting the first matrix and multiplying the result with the second, yielding a unique matrix which is here referred to as the Jacobian matrix. The previous inversion is almost universally conducted numerically except for the simplest of linkages. Here, we demonstrate that, even for non-trivial linkages such as the 3 − R P S and triangular 6 − U P S this inversion can also be done analytically. Similar to serial linkages, the Jacobian matrix is presented as a series of twists, each reflecting the impact of an actuator on the end-effector’s motion. Their geometric interpretation is provided and studied. Finally, how the method applies to other topologies of mechanisms is also discussed. • The 3-RPS and 6-UPS linkages’ Jacobian matrices are given analytically. • The final Jacobian matrix is expressed column-wise as twists. • Numerical examples are presented to support the effectiveness of the method. • The approach is extendable to other limited-DOF and hybrid mechanisms.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.004
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.214
Threshold uncertainty score0.717

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.004
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0020.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0020.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0020.002
Open science0.0010.002
Research integrity0.0010.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.2140.077

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.010
GPT teacher head0.226
Teacher spread0.216 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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