The geodynamics and plate tectonics of the South China Sea (SCS)-Taiwan region since Miocene times are uncertain because former extent tectonic configuration subducted easternmost SCS along Manila trench is uncertain. Here we unravel regional kinematic context from main offshore constraints including published unfolding slab seismic tomography, which provides insight on restoring part SCS. We r...

We present a normal form approach to solving the singular inverse kinematic problem for non-redundant robot kinematics. A standing assumption is made that singular configurations of the kinematics have corank 1 and that the kinematics are equivalent to the quadratic normal form. The approach has been illustrated with a simulation case study of 2R kinematics. A comparison with the Singularity-Ro...

Three studies were conducted to examine the relation of spatial visualization to solving kinematics problems that involved either predicting the two-dimensional motion of an object, translating from one frame of reference to another, or interpreting kinematics graphs. In Study 1, 60 physics-naíve students were administered kinematics problems and spatial visualization ability tests. In Study 2,...

The kinematics of manipulator is a central problem in the automatic control of robot manipulators. Theoretical background of the analysis of the MA-2000 educational robot arm kinematics is presented in this paper. The revolute robot consists of six rotary joints (6-DOF) with base, shoulder, elbow, wrist pitch, wrist yaw and wrist roll. The kinematics problem is defined as transformation from th...

The NNW-trending Dena Fault, with 140 km length, cuts the major structures of Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt in Borujen region. The fault has divided the region in two zones, in which different structural, andmorphological features as well assedimentation and seismtectonic characteristics have developed. This study presents a new interpretation for the kinematics of Dena Fault based on field evidence....

Design, modeling, manufacturing and experimental analysis of a six degree freedom robot, suitable for industrial applications, has been described in this paper. The robot was designed on the assumption that, each joint has an independent DC motor actuator, with gear reduction and measuring sensor for angular joint position. Mechanical design of the robot was done using Mechanical Desktop and ma...

this paper concerns the problem of robust stabilization of uncertain fractional-order non-autonomous systems. in this regard, a single input active control approach is proposed for control and stabilization of three-dimensional uncertain fractional-order systems. the robust controller is designed on the basis of fractional lyapunov stability theory. furthermore, the effects of model uncertainti...

The problem of inverse kinematics is revisited in the present paper. The paper is focusing on the problem of solving the inverse kinematics problem while minimizing the jerk of the joints trajectories. Even-though the conventional inverse kinematics algorithms have been proven to be efficient in many applications, no contraintes on the accelerations or the jerk of the obtained trajectories can ...