Away 3D Robotic Arm

I’ve added effector orientation to the Away3D version of the Inverse Kinematics class and have created a demo that uses it. When playing with the demo please keep in mind the following:

If you are not specifying the solver account for orientation then there will always be a solution provided you have enough degrees of freedom and the target is within reach.

It becomes more difficult if you specify the solver to account for orientation. The solution set in this case shrinks dramatically and as such can take a long time to find a solution. In some cases there is not a solution but the solver will keep trying and you will get some wonky behavior.

Now that that’s out of the way. You can see the demo here:

http://dynamicnetcreations.com/experiments/awayarm/

I’ll commit the source to the IK branch of the Away3D project soon.

Skip the rest of this post if you aren’t a math nerd.

I had a hard time figuring out how to handle effector orientation. The information I could google was very good but none of the sources I found online had all the information I needed. So, I had to break out my calculus book and pull bits and pieces from those online sources I mentioned. I thought it would be nice to compile all of my notes into a single document and I have included it below.

IK Theory Explanation

Tags: 3D, effector, Inverse Kinematics, orientation

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 3D, Inverse Kinematics

6 Comments to Away 3D Robotic Arm

msh
November 3, 2009

Hi,

very cool. thanks for sharing it here.
I am using papervision3d for the demos I am working on. I am making some demos for a robotic course and I need to implement IK and Matrix Transformation and all other stuff in a series of interactive 3D flash.

Are your classes usable in papervision too? How can I get access to the code?

Thanks!

Kylie BattName
April 12, 2010

Ваша фраза великолепна…

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Kylie Batt
April 16, 2010

Я считаю, что Вы ошибаетесь. Предлагаю это обсудить. Пишите мне в PM….

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This is so impressive. Great work and application of calculus.

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