 | | Re: articulation points? —Gordon Bentley
| | | | The main reason it would make sense to quote the total DOF is that is determines the volume the arm needs or is able to work in. For example imagine a snake-bot with a dozen 2 DOF joints. It can reach around objects to position it's effector. So it (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: articulation points? —Steve Baker
| | | | | (...) The trouble with this is that it's not necessarily true. Take 100 Lego turntables and connect them up into a vertical column. By this measure, it has 100 DOF - but as a mechanism, it has no more flexibility than a single turntable (1-DOF). (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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