RobotStudio/robot/@SerialLink/friction.m
%SerialLink.friction Friction force
%
% TAU = R.friction(QD) is the vector of joint friction forces/torques for the 
% robot moving with joint velocities QD.  
%
% The friction model includes:
% - Viscous friction which is a linear function of velocity.
% - Coulomb friction which is proportional to sign(QD).
%
% Notes::
% - The friction value should be added to the motor output torque, it has a
%   negative value when QD>0. 
% - The returned friction value is referred to the output of the gearbox.
% - The friction parameters in the Link object are referred to the motor.
% - Motor viscous friction is scaled up by G^2.
% - Motor Coulomb friction is scaled up by G.
% - The appropriate Coulomb friction value to use in the non-symmetric case
%   depends on the sign of the joint velocity, not the motor velocity.
% - The absolute value of the gear ratio is used.  Negative gear ratios are
%   tricky: the Puma560 has negative gear ratio for joints 1 and 3.
%
% See also Link.friction.



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function  tau = friction(robot, qd)

	L = robot.links;

    tau = zeros(1,robot.n);
    if robot.issym
        tau = sym(tau);
    end
    
    
	for j=1:robot.n
		tau(j) = L(j).friction(qd(j));
	end

