bi-invariant volume forms, 431 hyperbolic metric, 426 invariant metrics, 423
lack of bi-invariant metric, 427 metric properties, 422
se(3), 40, 411
second fundamental form, 245 second-order controllable systems, 361 self-motion manifold, 130
separating hyperplane, 226 setpoint stabilization, 193 singular configurations, 123, 151
for parallel manipulators, 134 singular values of a matrix, 128, 148 singularities, see kinematic singularities skew-symmetric matrices, 27
properties of, 26, 28, 73
for representing cross product, 26 slider-crank mechanism, 151, 203, 314 sliding, 249, 268
small-time locally controllable, see locally controllable
SO(3), 24, 409
zz, see also rotation matrices so(3), 28, 411
zz, see also skew-symmetric matrices
soft-finger contact, 217
space robots, 334, 342, 351, 396 spatial angular velocity, 52 spatial frame, 51
spatial manipulator Jacobian, see manipulator Jacobian
spatial operator algebra, 207 spatial velocity, 54, 419
addition of, 58, 422 geometric interpretation, 54
relationship with body velocity, 55, 56, 61, 420
transformation of, 58, 421 spatial wrench, 63
special Euclidean group, see SE(3) special orthogonal group, see SO(3) sphere rolling on a plane, 252, 338, 343 sphere rolling on a sphere, 349 spherical joint, 81, 138
spherical wrist, 125
e ect on workspace, 96 versus spherical joint, 139
spring mass system, 185, 187, 189 stability by linearization, 184 stability definitions, 179–181 stable, 179
Stanford manipulator, 2, 4, 147 manipulator Jacobian, 119
Stanford/JPL hand, see Salisbury Hand
Steinitz’s theorem, 230, 299 Stewart platform, 138–142, 153 strictly internal forces, 223
structurally dependent forces, 122, 239 structure equations, 132–134
for four-bar mechanism, 136 for Stewart platform, 140
supporting hyperplane, 226 surface models, 243
tangent space, 243, 404 teleoperation, 395
tendon kinematics, 293–300 tool frame, 84
torsion form, 246
trajectory generation, using manipulator Jacobian, 117
trajectory tracking, see position control translational motion, 34, 48
transpose of Jacobian, see Jacobian transpose
twists, 19, 417 definition of, 41
geometric attributes, 45–50, 427 Lie bracket between, 175
parameterizing manipulators via, 91– 95
reciprocal to a wrench, 66
for revolute and prismatic joints, 87 screw coordinates, 47
screw motions corresponding to, 48 transformation of, 59, 77
twist coordinates, 41 two-link planar manipulator
constrained, 315 dynamics, 164 inverse kinematics, 97 moving in a slot, 203
U-joint, 153
uncertainty configuration, 137 underwater robots, 397 uniform stability, 179, 185 unit quaternions, 34, 74
unit twist, 49
Utah/MIT hand, 10, 12, 212
variable geometry truss, 152 vector field, 322, 406 vectors, 21
versus points, 21, 36
rigid transformation of, 21, 37, 417 rotational transformation of, 25
velocity
end-e ector, 115
rigid body, see rigid body velocity