“…The advantages of CPMs compared with their rigid-body counterparts have raised a growing interest in developing the methods for their conceptual synthesis. The three main synthesis approaches in this challenging area are the pseudorigid-body model (PRBM) approach (Cannon and Howell, 2005;Moon et al, 2013;Yang et al, 2021), freedom and constraint topology (FACT) approach (Hopkins and Culpepper, 2010a, b;Yu et al, 2011Yu et al, , 2015Yu et al, , 2016, and topology optimization approach (Bowen et al, 2013;Liang et al, 2020;Emmendoerfer et al, 2020). For example, a compliant parallel mechanism with high precision and a wide working area is presented using the new flexure hinges (Kozuka et al, 2012).…”