Kinematic Chain Course
Master kinematic chains for planar mechanisms. Learn 3R arm forward kinematics, Jacobians, DOF analysis, singularities, and workspace design to make better engineering decisions on link lengths, joint limits, and motor selection.

4 to 360 hours of flexible workload
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What Will I Learn?
The Kinematic Chain Course gives you a fast, practical path to mastering planar mechanisms and revolute joints, workspace and singularities, and the Gruebler/Kutzbach mobility criterion. You will set up frames and link parameters, derive forward kinematics for a 3R planar arm, build and interpret Jacobians, and apply these results to better motor selection, joint limits, and robust mechanism design decisions.
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Develop Skills
- Planar mechanism modeling: classify chains, joints, and degrees of freedom fast.
- Forward kinematics 3R: compute precise end-effector x,y from joint angles.
- Jacobian velocity analysis: map joint rates to Cartesian speeds for 3R arms.
- Singularities and workspace: detect limits and optimize reachable regions.
- Design for actuation: use kinematics to guide motor sizing and joint limits.
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