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Lecture 5: MatLab, Forward Kinematics, Reverse Kinematics

Professor Erik Cheever

Course web page:http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/echeeve1/Class/e5/E5Index.html

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Remember… Thursday 10/1: Turn in Matrix assigment.

Thursday 10/1: SolidWorks Mechanism is due. Wikiwill soon accept .avi and .zip files.

Thursday 10/8: Bridge report is due.

Thursday 10/8: First MatLab lab is due (hard copy).

Tuesdays 8:30-10:00 and Wednesdays 8:00-10:00Wizards available (Hicks 211/213) specifically for E5.

Thursday 10/1: Bring to lab:

Bridge score

Bridge deflection

A prediction of where bridge will break.

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Also… Get textbook before Thursday. We will use as a

reference.

Read chapter 1 (section 1.7 is important).

Skim (i.e., be familiar with what is there) chapter 2

sections 3.1, 4.1 and 6.1

If you are anxious about programming, you maywant to try tutorials 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3.

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The big picture…

This week: introduction to MatLab andplotting.

Next week: introduction to MatLab for

matrix manipulation and some basiccomputer graphics.

1st week after break: Control of flow inMatLab / animations.

Following three weeks: design, build, andprogram a robotic laser pointer.

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. . . MatLab Demo . . .