Singularity of a robot
manipulator is one of the obstacles that influences its capabilities.
This paper discusses constrained and allowable rotational motion resulting from
lost translational freedom when the robot is singular. A convenient
method and simple and clear expression to determine the allowable
rotational axes and the subspace that they form, under Jacobian
singularity, is analyzed and presented. Different configurations, reciprocal screws, and
subspaces of allowable-rotational-axes are derived in a case study involving
a classic robot. The result is useful in applications involving
robot path planning in task space as it extends the
usable workspace of rotational axes.