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Criteria for the classifications of es capable and inescapable singularities are established based on multivariable calculus theorems. For the general case, we give necessary conditions for the escapability of singular configura tions. For singular configurations with only one lost degree of freedom in the workspace, sufficient conditions for the escapa bility are provided. We then show how the arm can escape the singularity at the maximum rate if these sufficient conditions are satisfied. Our method gives the best self-motion among the set of all feasible self-motions, in the sense that the manipula bility measure of the arm increases most rapidly for the chosen self-motion. It is also shown that at a singular configuration with more than one lost degree of freedom in the workspace, the initial rate of recovery of manipulability is very slow, re gardless of the possibility of self-motion. 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