Pseudogenetic algorithm for evaluation of kinematic chains

Despite the availability of a large number of distinct chains in each category, i.e., with specified number of links and degree-of-freedom (d.o.f) attempts are not seen to evaluate them for the specified task at the conceptual stage of design. The proposed method involves processes called productive and unproductive mating of binary strings which are representative of the number of design parameters. An expression for the parametric efficiency of the chains is proposed so that it provides a simple quantitative estimate to compare all the eligible chains.