https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1502.05623/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14850844urn:hackerpapers:mention:1502.05623:14850844Tue, 25 Jul 2017 19:02:33 GMT<p>Anyone have recommendations for learning about mechanical linkages (books/MOOC/other)? Recently I&#x27;ve been intrigued by things like straight line linkages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaucellier%E2%80%93Lipkin_lin... ...and the Chebyshev &quot;paradoxical&quot; linkage: https://www.futilitycloset.com/2015/01/03/chebyshevs-paradox... ...and of course Kempe&#x27;s &quot;universality theorem&quot;, that there is a linkage that traces any polynomial curve. https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.09002 I recently came across &quot;Planar Linkages Following a Prescribed Motion&quot;: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.05623 ...which looks awesome.…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1502.05623/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SC