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Two or more rigid bodies in space are collectively called a rigid body system. We can hinder the motion of these independent rigid bodies with kinematic constraints. Kinematic constraints are constraints between rigid bodies that result in the decrease of the degrees of freedom of rigid body system.
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to characterize the relative movement allowed at each joint and separate rigid transformations to define the dimensions of each link. In the case of a serial open chain, the result is a sequence of rigid transformations alternating joint and link transformations from the base of the chain to its
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degrees of freedom measured relative to a fixed frame. This frame is included in the count of bodies, so that mobility does not depend on link that forms the fixed frame. This means the degree-of-freedom of this system is
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Joints that connect bodies impose constraints. Specifically, hinges and sliders each impose five constraints and therefore remove five degrees of freedom. It is convenient to define the number of constraints
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suggests, the rigid bodies, or links, are constrained by their connections to other links. An example is the simple open chain formed by links connected in series, like the usual chain, which is the
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Kinematic chains of a wide range of complexity are analyzed by equating the kinematics equations of serial chains that form loops within the kinematic chain. These equations are often called
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The constraint equations of a kinematic chain can be used in reverse to determine the dimensions of the links from a specification of the desired movement of the system. This is termed
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where is the transformation locating the end-linkânotice that the chain includes a "zeroth" link consisting of the ground frame to which it is attached. These equations are called the
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The constraint equations of a kinematic chain couple the range of movement allowed at each joint to the dimensions of the links in the chain, and form
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Sandor, G.N., and Erdman, A.G., 1984, Advanced
Mechanism Design: Analysis and Synthesis, Vol. 2. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
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The modern use of kinematic chains includes compliance that arises from flexure joints in precision mechanisms, link compliance in
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that are solved to determine the configuration of the chain associated with specific values of input parameters, called
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A model of the human skeleton as a kinematic chain allows positioning using forward and inverse kinematics.
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of a kinematic chain is the number of parameters that define the configuration of the chain. A system of
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is often called the father of modern kinematics for his contributions to the kinematic synthesis of
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This work has been generalized to the synthesis of spherical and spatial mechanisms.
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end link, which is equated to the specified position for the end link. A chain of
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Mathematical models of the connections, or joints, between two links are termed
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beginning in the 1950s. His use of the newly developed computer to solve
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is a schematic of the mechanical system that shows the kinematic chain.
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112:. Kinematic pairs model the hinged and sliding joints fundamental to
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Perhaps the most developed formulation of kinematic synthesis is for
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The constraint equations for a kinematic chain are obtained using
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ATHLETE is a platform with six serial chain legs ending in wheels.
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The result is that the mobility of a kinematic chain formed from
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links connected in series has the kinematic equations,
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that a joint imposes in terms of the joint's freedom
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is the number of moving bodies plus the fixed body.
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870:R. S. Hartenberg and J. Denavit, 1964,
856:Introduction to Theoretical Kinematics,
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132:These joints are generally modeled as
858:MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
797:J. M. McCarthy and G. S. Soh, 2010,
721:ChebychevâGrĂźblerâKutzbach criterion
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38:The arms, fingers, and head of the
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883:Suh, C. H., and Radcliffe, C. W.,
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843:Theory of Machines and Mechanisms,
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175:rigid bodies moving in space has
907:Kinematic Geometry of Mechanisms
872:Kinematic Synthesis of Linkages,
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951:Mechanisms (engineering)
827:Precision Machine Design
825:Alexander Slocum, 1992,
816:, John Wiley & Sons.
694:became the prototype of
812:Larry L. Howell, 2001,
756:Superposition principle
736:Mechanism (engineering)
692:Freudenstein's equation
874:McGraw-Hill, New York.
854:J. M. McCarthy, 1990,
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920:Categories
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