“…Another considerable deficiency is performance evaluation of 3T1R PMs. The widely used performance evaluation indices in the lower-mobility PMs, such as 3T1R PMs, 12,16 3R1T PMs, [26][27][28] 2R2T PMs, 29,30 etc., are based on the Jacobian matrix, for example, manipulability 31 and local condition number index, 32 which reflect the dexterity of the manipulator. When the end effector of the PM contains translations and rotations, the Jacobian-based indices lose their physical meanings for inconsistency of the units.…”