TY - JOUR T1 - Kinematic Analysis and Simulation of Three Link (Open Chain) Robot Manipulator with Six DOF AU - Mohammad Alwan, Hassan AU - Hikmat Rashid, Zaid JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 13 IS - 7 SP - 1829 EP - 1834 PY - 2018 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2018.1829.1834 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.1829.1834 KW - DH parameters KW -forward kinematics KW -inverse kinematics (geometrical and numerical appraochs) KW -applicable KW -suitable KW -trajectories AB - The kinematics of manipulator is a central problem in robot control. AR2 robot is adopted as a case study which has six Degree of Freedom (DOF), three links with revolute joints and spherical wrist. Danivat Hartenberg (DH) convention is based to predicate the forward kinematics position and orientation of the robot end effector. The calculated forward kinematics has been verified and simulated with MATLAB robotics toolbox while the Inverse Kinematics (IK) problem is divided into two sub problem, arm IK (position solving) and wrist IK (orientation solving). Both geometrical and numerical approaches are presented to solve the problems which lead to eight different configurations four for arm and two for wrist and many sets of joints angles. The presented approaches can be applicable to solve the kinematics problem of other similar kinds of robot manipulators and achieve a suitable solution for tracking trajectories. ER -