WAM Arm – User’s Manual
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9.2 Kinematics, Transmission Ratios, and Joint Ranges
9.2.1
4 DOF and 7 DOF
A good introduction to coordinate frames, transformations and kinematics is beyond the scope of
this document. There are several good introductory robotics books available. We recommend
Spong, M.; Hutchinson, S.; Vidyasagar, M. Robot Modeling and Control; 2006 John Wiley &
Sons
as we use the variant of the Denavit-Hartenberg (D-H) method that is from this book to
establish the coordinate frames.
Figure 35 – WAM 4-DOF dimensions and D-H frames
Figure 35 shows the 4-DOF WAM system in the zero position. A positive joint motion is based on
the right hand rule for each axis. Figure 37 through Figure 40 on the following pages show
explicitly each of the four joint kinematic parameters and joint limits.