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== Information ==
Purpose: Learning basic knowledge of robotics
Lecture: CS223A, Stanford University
Date: Jan 21, 2019 ~

* Prerequite
- Linear Algebra
- Numerical Analysis
== Reference ==
Material: Copy from Stanford
Video clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yD3uBshJB0&list=PL65CC0384A1798ADF

== Study List ==
=== Lecture 1: Spatial Description ===
General Manipulator: Robot Arm, using Revolute joint, Prismatic joint
- Robot Arm: base, link, joint, end-effector
- Revolute joint: Rotation movement, 1 Degree of Fredom(DoF)
- Prismatic joint: Linear movement, 1 DoF
- Denote joint type using ε(0 for revolute, 1for prismatic)

Discription of body1 (9 parameters)
- Link location: 3 points (Each point has 3 parameters)

Discription of body2 (6 parameters)
- Body orientation: 3 parameter
- Point on the body: 3 parameter
=> Robot arm(n:links, 1: base) has n DoF

Transformation
- Pure Rotation
- Pure Translation
- General Tasformation
- Inverse Transformation

Configuration Representation
There is no universial agreement in the field of robotics as to what is the best orientation representation.
Because each representation hase advantages and shortcomings
- Direction Cosines: 
- Euler angle representation: ZYX, angle(α, β, γ)
- Fixed angle representation: XYZ, angle(γ, β, α)
- Inverse of an orientation representation
=== Lecture 2: Direct Kinematics ===
Previous
- Independent of the structure of the manipulator

Introduction
- A set of parameters specific to each manipulator
- ex) rotation, translation, link of manipulator
- Forware Kinematics
- Inverse Kinematics

Link Description
- Manipulator: Consist of a chain of links from base
- Consecutive links are connected by joints which exert the degree of freedom.

D-H Parameter
- link length(a): length along the common normal from axis (i-1) to axis i
- link twist(α): angle between this parallel line and axis (i-1)
- link offset(θ): distance alont the line on axis i between the common normal for link (i-1) and common normal for link i
- joint angle(d): angle between the two common normal for link (i-1) and common normal for link i
- Revolute joint: joint angle(variable), link offset(constant)
- Prismatic joint: joint angle(constant), link offset(variable)
- a, α: describe link
- d, θ: describe the link's connection

Conventions for First and Last Link
- Once robot structure is set link length & link twist is determined.
- a(i) and α(i) depend on joint axes i and i+1
Axes 1 to n: determined => a(1), a(2), ,,,, a(n-1) and α(1), α(2), ,,,,a(n-1)
- d(i) and θ(i) depend on 

Attaching Frames to links
- ex1) RRR (Revolute-Revolute-Revolute) Manipulator
- ex2) RPRR (Revolute-Prismatic-Revolute-Revolute) Manipulator

Propagation of Frames
- Show how to calculate matrix about D-H parameter
- Reference
http://www.adrian.zentner.name/content/projects/xml/x3d/robot/res/Denavit-Hartenberg.gif

Kinematics of Manipulators
- Example of robot arm (Stanford Scheinman Arm)
- Reference
http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/robots/StanfordArm.jpg

Direct(forward) Kinematics
- Mapping between the joint space of dimension n and the task space of manipulator of dimension m
- Called the "Geometric Model of the manipulator"
(It is determinded solely by knowing the geometry of manipulator) 
- q(i) = ε'(i)θ(i) + ε(i)d(i)
- X = f(q)
=== Lecture 3: Inverse Kinematics ===
Introduction
- Difficult task: Multiplicity or non-existence of potential soultions
- Problem: find q given T(B,W) or x / find q = f^(-1)(x)

Closed Form Solutions
Algebraic: solution is found using the fact that θ1+θ2+θ3 = a0
Geometric: there are two possible solutions

Piper's Solution
???

Existence of Solution
- If these two equations are correct, solution of the inverse kinematics exists
- However, sometimes there is no solution because of limitation of robot model

Workplace of the Manipulator
- Workspace: the set of points that can be reached with the mainpulator 
- Joint limitation is always defined by the mechanical design of the manipulator
 * Related question: # of possible solutions
- Reachable Workspace: the set of points that can be reached in at least one conficuration of the manipulator
- Dextrous workspace: the set of points that can be reached by any possible orientation of the end-effector, important in the motion planning with obstacles (Reachable Workspace > Dextrous workspace)

# of Solutions
6R manipulator: 16 solutions
5RP manipulator: 16 solutions
4R2P manipulator: 8 solutions
3R3P manipulator: 2 solutions
in-parallel structures: 40 solutions

- Puma Robot
Reference
https://d2t1xqejof9utc.cloudfront.net/screenshots/pics/45f6b6d1d881d687d15e29d47f181a6f/large.PNG
- Stanford Scheinman Arm
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