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Degree of Freedom: No. of Independent Coordinates Needed To Define Position of Body
Degree of Freedom: No. of Independent Coordinates Needed To Define Position of Body
Joints
allow
DOF
between
links
Joints Reduce
System DOF
Joints Reduce
System DOF
Gruebler’s
Equation is the
most commonly
used equation
for evaluating
simple
linkages.
Kutzbach’s equation
is modified
Gruebler’s Equation
that takes into
consideration full (1
DOF) and half (2
DOF) joints.