Extremal configurations of robot arms in three dimensions

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2015

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Siersma, D.ISNI 0000000116400912

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Abstract

We define a volume function for a robot arm in ℝ3 and give geometric conditions for its critical points.

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Configuration space, Mechanical linkage, Moduli space, Oriented area, Oriented volume, Polygonal linkage, Robot arm, Taverne, Applied Mathematics, Geometry and Topology

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Siersma, D 2015, 'Extremal configurations of robot arms in three dimensions', Journal of Singularities, vol. 12, pp. 180-190. https://doi.org/10.5427/jsing.2015.12m