Joints represent connections between motion bodies.
Without any constraints, motion bodies in a mechanism “float” in space with six degrees of freedom (DOF):
Three degrees of translation (the X, Y, and Z directions)
Three degrees of rotation (about the X, Y, and Z axes)
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