Manufacturing Engineering & Technology
Manufacturing Engineering & Technology
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ISBN: 9780133128741
Author: Serope Kalpakjian, Steven Schmid
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Sketch the workspace (envelope) of each of the robots shown in Fig. 37.20.

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