NXT SCARA is a two-link planar robot arm built with LEGO Mindstorms NXT. SCARA stands for Selective Compliant Assembly Robot Arm. Please refer the following URL to know more detailed information about SCARA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCARA

This demo presents sample models and documents describe the following contents.

How to Build NXT SCARA
Geometric Model and Inverse Kinematics
Trajectory Making
Controller Design for Tracking Control
NXT SCARA Model Illustration
Simulation and Experimental Results

You can simulate NXT SCARA model and generate controller program that can be executed on the NXT. Furthermore, you can watch movies of NXT SCARA simulation and control experiment at the following URL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kanmZErt4io
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F2H19teyMY

This demo requires Embedded Coder Robot NXT Demo as MBD environment. You need to download it from the following URL before trying this demo.

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/13399

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