Information on this Animation: SP.12.5

Figure SP.12.5

This is a 2D manipulator.

The first arm rotates in the 1/2 plane, about the inertial 3 axis.

The second arm rotates about the inertial 3 axis, but at the joint:.J(2/1)

In this problem, the point of interest -- the red ball is not a "computer graphics child" of the second arm.

Rather, it is a free object: its position is computed from Equation (K) in Problem 12.2

All frame connections are shown by the combined (frame, location) notation.

Finally, a blue vector at the tip indicates the velocity vector for the red ball. This vector is not a graphics object; rather it is computed using equations (K) of Sample Problem 12.5