Introduction, tasks of Kinematics Synthesis, Type synthesis, Tools of dimensional synthesis, Graphical
synthesis: Motion generation-two and three prescribed motions, Path generation - three prescribed
positions, prescribed timings, four positions without prescribed timings, Function Generator: Three
prescribed points, Introduction to Analytical synthesis, Standard Dyad form, three prescribed positions for
motion, path and function generation, circle, point and center-point circles, Freudenstein’s equations for
three point function generation, order synthesis, coupler curves for four-link, slider-crank and inverted
slider-crank mechanisms, Application of coupler curves in design of six-link mechanism, Coupler cognate
mechanisms.