Prismatic.m

%Prismatic Robot manipulator Prismatic link class
%
% A subclass of the Link class: holds all information related to a robot 
% link such as kinematics parameters, rigid-body inertial parameters, motor
% and transmission parameters.
%
% Notes::
% - This is reference class object
% - Link class objects can be used in vectors and arrays
%
% References::
% - Robotics, Vision & Control, Chap 7
%   P. Corke, Springer 2011.
%
% See also Link, Revolute, SerialLink.


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classdef Prismatic < Link
    methods
        function L = Prismatic(varargin)
            L = L@Link(varargin{:});
            
            if nargin == 0
                L.d = [];
            end
            if isempty(L.theta)
                L.theta = 0;
            end
            if ~isempty(L.d)
                error('d cannot be specified for a prismatic link');
            end
            L.sigma = 1;
        end
    end
end