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In this paper, the kinematic design of the (2\u2013RRU)\u2013URR parallel mechanism as the application of the thumb rehabilitation device is proposed. This mechanism is an over-constrained mechanism capable of achieving the required mobility with fewer joints. Three degrees of freedom exist\u2014two rotational and one translational mobility\u2014that are related to each thumb movement: adduction\u2013abduction and flexion\u2013extension. Considering the narrow space of the hand, actuators are designed to divide its placement into the surface of the palm. To avoid the collisions between the device and the hand, an offset was adopted. The displacement analysis problem is solved by dividing it into two parts: the planar motion generator (PMG) and orientation generator (OG), according to each functional motion, and the corresponding equations and procedures are presented. To clarify the basic characteristics of this mechanism, the reachable workspace of the PMG and rotational ability and sensitivity of the OG is demonstrated numerically. Because a large input torque difference is dangerous in the rehabilitation mechanism, the effective workspace is determined according to the magnitude of the input torque differences and compared with the measured thumb movements.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/robotics9030067","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,28]],"date-time":"2020-08-28T09:17:08Z","timestamp":1598606228000},"page":"67","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Displacement Analysis and Design of a (2\u2013RRU)\u2013URR Parallel Mechanism Performing 2R1T Output Motion for Thumb Rehabilitation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5728-0814","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Woo-hyeok","family":"Choi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6910-3329","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yukio","family":"Takeda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Neumann, D.A. 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