Robotics Research Technical Report (Classic Reprint): A Framework for the Kinematic Analysis of Mechanical Devices: A Framework for the Kinematic Analysis of Mechanical Devices (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Leo Joskowicz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332089232 ISBN 13: 9781332089239

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover a formal framework for predicting how mechanisms move, using configuration spaces to map possible motions.

This nonfiction work presents a coherent approach to analyzing the kinematic behavior of mechanical devices. It shows how the shape of a mechanism’s configuration space relates to the motions its parts can perform, and it explains how to build and interpret region diagrams that summarize qualitative behavior. The text contrasts fixed-axis mechanisms with movable-axis systems and offers practical methods for computing, composing, and visualizing their motion possibilities.

• Understand the link between a mechanism's configuration space and its motion patterns.


• Learn how simple regions and composition rules help predict complex movements.


• Explore algorithms that generate region diagrams and state diagrams from input motions.

Ideal for readers of robotics, mechanical design, and qualitative reasoning about physical systems who seek a rigorous, hands-on framework for kinematic analysis.

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Excerpt from Robotics Research Technical Report: A Framework for the Kinematic Analysis of Mechanical Devices This report establishes a formal framework for the kinematic analysis of mechanical devices The possible kinematic behaviors of a mechanism are described in terms of the configuration space of the mechanism. A proper decomposition of the configuration space, called a region diagram. reflects the possible motions of each object in the mechanism and the relationships between these motions We show how to obtain the region diagram of a fixed axis mechanism by composing pairwise configuration spaces. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332089232
• ISBN 13: 9781332089239
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 51