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Denavit-Hartenberg Parameters
The Denavit-Hartenberg convention denes four parameters and some rules to help characterize arbitrary kinematic chains start by attaching a frame to each link: the joint variable for joint i+1 acts along/around zi the axis xi is perpendicular to, and intersects, zi1
Denavit & Hartenberg, A kinematic notation for lower-pair mechanisms based on matrices, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, June 1955
The Denavit-Hartenberg convention denes four parameters and some rules to help characterize arbitrary kinematic chains start by attaching a frame to each link: the joint variable for joint i+1 acts along/around zi the axis xi is perpendicular to, and intersects, zi1 the following conventions make this process easier (p. 82 in SHV):
if zi1 is parallel to zi orient xi away from
zi1
and
if zi1 intersects zi
orient
zi
Denavit & Hartenberg, A kinematic notation for lower-pair mechanisms based on matrices, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, June 1955
The Denavit-Hartenberg convention denes four parameters and some rules to help characterize arbitrary kinematic chains
ai
Link Length the perpendicular distance between zi and zi1 , measured along
xi
i
Link Twist the angle between zi1 and zi , measured in the plane normal to xi (right-hand rule around xi ) the distance along zi1 from
di
Link Offset
i
Joint Angle the angle between xi1 and xi , measured in the plane normal to zi1 (right-hand rule around zi1 )
Denavit & Hartenberg, A kinematic notation for lower-pair mechanisms based on matrices, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, June 1955
The Denavit-Hartenberg transform results from successive rotations and translations via the four DH parameters
The transform from i-1 to i:
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