Modern Robotics, Chapter 5: Velocity Kinematics and Statics

This is a video supplement to the book "Modern Robotics: Mechanics, Planning, and Control," by Kevin Lynch and Frank Park, Cambridge University Press 2017. See http://modernrobotics.org for information on the book, free software, and other materials. This video introduces the Jacobian of a robot, and how it is used to relate joint velocities to end-effector velocities and endpoint forces to joint forces and torques. The notions of singularities, manipulability, the manipulability ellipsoid, and the force ellipsoid are also introduced. This video is a brief summary of material from the book, and it is not meant to stand alone. For more details, such as an explanation of the notation, please consult the book and the other videos. Playlist for Chapter 5:    • Modern Robotics, Chapter 5:  Velocity Kine...   Playlist for all book videos:    • Modern Robotics, All Videos   YouTube channel with all playlists:    / kevinl2145   Wiki for the book, including software and other supplements: http://modernrobotics.org Modern Robotics is now a series of online courses on Coursera! https://www.coursera.org/specializati...