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From: sean@cs.tamu.edu (Sean Graves)
Subject: Re: /* FORMULA NEEDED *\
Message-ID: <1992Oct17.091045.27652@tamsun.tamu.edu>
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Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
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Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 09:10:45 GMT
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In article <2V9qsB2w165w@sys6626.bison.mb.ca> baden@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (baden) writes:
> 
>        I was speaking with a prof from U of Waterloo a while ago, and he 
>was telling me about a formula that was used to position a multi-segment 
>arm.  All that was given was the point where the end effector was to be 
>(in space) and the formula would calculate the angles required by each of 
>the joints in order to place the end effector at that point... ie:
>
>[stuff deleted]


What you are describing is the inverse kinematic problem.  This is
a basic tool for the roboticist and is described in detail in
any robotics text such as J. J. Craig or Fu, Gonzalez, & Lee.

I don't feel that the net is an appropriate place to instruct you
on how to solve inverse kinematics problems, since these books
do a much better job -- If you need a better reference for
them let me know.

Sean

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sean@cs.tamu.edu



