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Compute Geometric Transforms Symbolically
Mathematica 6 makes it easy to combine geometric transforms in any number of dimensions—here to compute the motion of a 10-segment planar robot arm.
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Simplify[Apply[Composition, 

    Table[Composition[RotationTransform[Subscript[\[Theta], i]], 

      TranslationTransform[{Subscript[a, i], 0}]], {i, 10}]][{x, 

    y}]] // TraditionalForm
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