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Jacobian

In French:
Jacobienne

Definition

A matrix that relates the speeds of a robot’s joints to the speed of its tool. It also relates the forces exerted at the tip of the tool to the torques the joints must supply. It varies with the robot’s configuration, and the configurations where it loses rank are the singularities.

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