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World 1 · Joints to position · 8 min

Turn a plane through space

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Yaw rotates the whole arm’s working plane around vertical y. At yaw 0°, the arm lies in the xy plane. At yaw 90°, its horizontal reach points along +z. Link lengths and the height of the tool do not change when only yaw changes.

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