[ODE] Degrees of freedom?
Henri Hakl
henri at cs.sun.ac.za
Mon May 19 04:53:01 2003
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I've got a bit of a problem wrapping my mind around this, just set me =
straight where I go askew:
Each joint has potentially 9 degrees of freedom - some of which are =
restrained depending on the type of joint.
A hinge joint has ?? degrees of freedom.
A ball-and-socket joint has ?? degrees of freedom.
A ball-and-socket joint, combined with a motor joint (for axis limits), =
has the same degree of freedom as a standard ball-and-socket joint.
In an articulated system with seperate joints, the total degree of =
freedom is the sum of degree of freedoms in the individual joints.
Any problems? Thanks :)
Henri
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've got a bit of a problem wrapping my =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Each joint has potentially 9 degrees of =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A hinge joint has ?? degrees of=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Any problems? Thanks :)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Henri</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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