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Type synthesis of rigid-link mechanisms provides a means to determine mechanism topologies before considering link dimensions. Although researchers have provided valuable insight into the enumeration of mechanisms containing flexible members, a mathematically rigorous process for the topological synthesis of complaint mechanisms is lacking. One reason for this is the large increase in the number of...