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

Leo Joskowicz

9780267849086: Robotics Research Technical Report: A Framework for the Kinematic Analysis of Mechanical Devices (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0267849087 ISBN 13: 9780267849086

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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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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