... Theory of Applied Robotics Reza N Jazar Theory of Applied Robotics Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control Second Edition 123 Prof Reza N Jazar School of Aerospace, Mechanical, ... performance of a variety of tasks." R.N Jazar, Theory of Applied Robotics, 2nd ed., DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1750-8_1, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 Introduction From the engineering point of ... additional degrees of freedom Prismatic and revolute joints provide one degree of freedom Therefore, the number of joints of a manipulator is the degreesof-freedom (DOF ) of the manipulator Typically...