Abstract
This article shows that time derivatives of twists and wrenches are indeed screws, in contrast to many classical kinematicians' believe. Furthermore, it is proven that the "centripetal screw" as well as the momentum of a rigid body together with all its derivatives, are also screws, and that a rigid body's dynamics can be geometrically expressed as a screw equation. The paper relies on a somewhat more formal treatment of the screw theory than usual, in order to clarify these "controversial" issues concerning the motion of rigid systems, and in order to make the link with the more general (and historically much richer) field of differential geometry.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE Conference of Robotics and Automation |
Place of Publication | Seoul, Korea |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 3344-3349 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 0-7803-6578-X |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 May 2001 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2001 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 21 May 2001 → 26 May 2001 |
Conference
Conference | IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2001 |
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Abbreviated title | ICRA 2001 |
Country/Territory | Korea, Republic of |
City | Seoul |
Period | 21/05/01 → 26/05/01 |