The mobile manipulator of Figure 2.16 consists of a 6R arm and multi-fingered hand mounted on...

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The mobile manipulator of Figure 2.16 consists of a 6R arm and multi-fingered hand mounted on a mobile base with a single wheel. You can think of the wheeled base as the same as the rolling coin in Figure 2.11 the wheel (and base) can spin together about an axis perpendicular to the ground, and the wheel rolls without slipping. The base always remains horizontal. (Left unstated are the means to keep the base horizontal and to spin the wheel and base about an axis perpendicular to the ground.) (a) Ignoring the multi-fingered hand, describe the configuration space of the mobile manipulator. (b) Now suppose that the robot hand rigidly grasps a refrigerator door handle and, with its wheel and base completely stationary, opens the door using only its arm. With the door open, how many degrees of freedom does the mechanism formed by the arm and open door have? (c) A second identical mobile manipulator comes along, and after parking its mobile base, also rigidly grasps the refrigerator door handle. How many degrees of freedom does the mechanism formed by the two arms and the open refrigerator door have? 100 Figure 2.16 Mobile manipulator. The mobile manipulator of Figure 2.16 consists of a 6R arm and multi-fingered hand mounted on a mobile base with a single wheel. You can think of the wheeled base as the same as the rolling coin in Figure 2.11 the wheel (and base) can spin together about an axis perpendicular to the ground, and the wheel rolls without slipping. The base always remains horizontal. (Left unstated are the means to keep the base horizontal and to spin the wheel and base about an axis perpendicular to the ground.) (a) Ignoring the multi-fingered hand, describe the configuration space of the mobile manipulator. (b) Now suppose that the robot hand rigidly grasps a refrigerator door handle and, with its wheel and base completely stationary, opens the door using only its arm. With the door open, how many degrees of freedom does the mechanism formed by the arm and open door have? (c) A second identical mobile manipulator comes along, and after parking its mobile base, also rigidly grasps the refrigerator door handle. How many degrees of freedom does the mechanism formed by the two arms and the open refrigerator door have? 100 Figure 2.16 Mobile manipulator.

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