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In this paper, we consider the problem of designing a planar linkage that generates the scissors action needed to drive a scale changing linkage. The movement is equivalent to guiding a hinged pair of bars such that their end-points follow a line. These two bars form the input to a series of modules in a deployable, or scale changing, linkage. The driving linkage is synthesized by coordinating the...