Inverse kinematics

Kinematics is a branch of mathematics that studies the motion of points, bodies, or systems of bodies. It is concerned with positions and velocities.

Inverse Kinematics refers to the problem of computing possible joint angles given the position of an end-effector in cartesian space.

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