compute the direct kinematics of a 3rrr serial robot in matlab

To compute the direct kinematics of a 3RRR serial robot in MATLAB, you need to define the robot's geometric parameters and joint angles. Then, you can use the Denavit-Hartenberg (DH) parameters and transformation matrices to calculate the position and orientation of the end effector.

Here is an example MATLAB code that demonstrates how to compute the direct kinematics of a 3RRR robot:

main.m
% Define DH parameters
a = [1, 1, 1]; % Link lengths of the robot
alpha = [0, 0, 0]; % Twist angles of the robot
d = [0, 0, 0]; % Link offsets of the robot
theta = [0, 0, 0]; % Joint angles of the robot

% Compute the transformation matrices using DH parameters
T01 = dhTransform(a(1), alpha(1), d(1), theta(1));
T12 = dhTransform(a(2), alpha(2), d(2), theta(2));
T23 = dhTransform(a(3), alpha(3), d(3), theta(3));

% Compute the overall transformation matrix from base to end effector
T03 = T01 * T12 * T23;

% Extract position and orientation from the transformation matrix
position = T03(1:3, 4);
orientation = tform2quat(T03);

% Display the results
disp("Position:");
disp(position);
disp("Orientation (quaternion):");
disp(orientation);

% Helper function to compute the transformation matrix using DH parameters
function T = dhTransform(a, alpha, d, theta)
    T = [
        cos(theta), -sin(theta)*cos(alpha), sin(theta)*sin(alpha), a*cos(theta);
        sin(theta), cos(theta)*cos(alpha), -cos(theta)*sin(alpha), a*sin(theta);
        0, sin(alpha), cos(alpha), d;
        0, 0, 0, 1
    ];
end
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Make sure to replace the a, alpha, d, and theta values with the appropriate parameters for your 3RRR robot. The code uses the dhTransform helper function to compute the individual transformation matrices and then combines them to get the overall transformation matrix T03. Finally, the position and orientation are extracted from T03 using standard matrix operations.

This code will display the computed position and orientation of the end effector. You can modify it to suit your specific needs, such as displaying the results in a different format or incorporating additional computations.

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