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We will learn about how we make the the robot joints move to the angles or positions that are required in order to achieve the desired end-effector motion. This is the job of the robot’s joint controller and in this lecture we will learn how this works. This journey will take us in to the […]
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The workspace of a robot arm is the set of all positions that it can reach. This depends on a number of factors including the dimensions of the arm.
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We consider the simplest possible robot, which has one rotary joint and an arm.
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We learn how to describe the orientation of an object by a 2×2 rotation matrix which has some special properties. Try your hand at some online MATLAB problems. You’ll need to watch all the 2D “Spatial Maths” lessons to complete the problem set.
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Is it acceptable that self-driving cars will cause accidents if they kill fewer people than human drivers? When an accident occurs is it a moral or a legal issue?
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A more efficient trajectory has a trapezoidal velocity profile.