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I think the equation(3.73) should be:

$\dot p-w_s$x$p=\dot p-\dot p=0$

have no idea how it can be wrong

and don't know the difference between infinitely large body and a body just include the fix-frame origin and body-frame origin

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    $\begingroup$ They are choosing to rewrite $\nu_s$ so you can see the idea of the infinitely large body in the equation. It's a valid way to write the equation, so not wrong. Are you asking why $\dot{p} \neq \omega_s \times p$ instead? $\endgroup$
    – hauptmech
    Sep 9, 2019 at 6:18
  • $\begingroup$ @hauptmech thanks. yes i m asking why $\dot p≠w_s×p $ instead. $\endgroup$
    – E Takly
    Sep 9, 2019 at 14:32
  • $\begingroup$ Welcome to Robotics, E Takly. Great first question! I'm looking forwards to an answer on this - questions like this, and the difficulty I had in trying to conceptually understand the physical meaning of spatial maths, are exactly why I wound up walking away from this approach to dynamics. I'm hoping a really good answer to this question might be enough to get something to click for me, too. $\endgroup$
    – Chuck
    Sep 9, 2019 at 18:30
  • $\begingroup$ @Chuck ha, me too,really want to give up $\endgroup$
    – E Takly
    Sep 9, 2019 at 20:35

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A coordinate transformation of a point P from Frame 1 to Frame 0 is given by: $$ \mathbf{p}^0=\mathbf{o}^0_1+\mathbf{R}^0_1\mathbf{p}^1. $$ Differentiating with respect to time gives: $$ \dot{\mathbf{p}}^0=\dot{\mathbf{o}}^0_1+\mathbf{R}^0_1\dot{\mathbf{p}}^1+\dot{\mathbf{R}}^0_1\mathbf{p}^1. $$ Considering that $\dot{\mathbf{p}}^1=0$ as $\mathbf{p}^1$ is fixed in Frame 1, we come up with: $$ \dot{\mathbf{p}}^0=\dot{\mathbf{o}}^0_1+\mathbf{S}\left(\mathbf{\omega}^0_1\right)\mathbf{R}^0_1\mathbf{p}^1, $$ being $\mathbf{S}$ the skew matrix. This expression can be further reduced noting that $\mathbf{R}^0_1\mathbf{p}^1=\mathbf{r}^0_1$: $$ \dot{\mathbf{p}}^0=\dot{\mathbf{o}}^0_1+\mathbf{\omega}^0_1 \times \mathbf{r}^0_1, $$ which is eventually the known form of the velocity composition rule.

To come back to your statement, $\dot{\mathbf{p}}^0=\mathbf{\omega}^0_1 \times \mathbf{r}^0_1$ holds only when $\dot{\mathbf{o}}^0_1=0$, that is when there exists a pure rotational velocity without translational velocity.

This result can be obtained also by observing that a vector $\mathbf{p}$ can be expressed in terms of its magnitude $p$ and unit vector $\mathbf{\hat{p}}$ as: $$ \mathbf{p}=p \cdot \mathbf{\hat{p}}. $$ Thereby, the time derivative is: $$ \dot{\mathbf{p}}=\dot{p}\cdot\mathbf{\hat{p}}+p\cdot\dot{\mathbf{\hat{p}}}=\dot{p}\cdot\mathbf{\hat{p}}+\mathbf{\omega} \times \mathbf{p}. $$ Only in case there is a pure rotational velocity (i.e. $\dot{p}=0$), then you'll get: $$ \dot{\mathbf{p}}=\mathbf{\omega} \times \mathbf{p}. $$

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    $\begingroup$ The steps from $\dot{\mathbf{R}}^0_1\mathbf{p}^1$ to $\mathbf{S}\left(\mathbf{\omega}^0_1\right)\mathbf{R}^0_1\mathbf{p}^1$ are shown in the angular velocity wikipedia article. Murray, Li, and Sastry remains my favorite explainer of robot maths and page 51-52 shows the steps as well. $\endgroup$
    – hauptmech
    Sep 9, 2019 at 22:51
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    $\begingroup$ legend, thank you. didn't notice the translation.so the equation(3.73) becomes: $\dot{\mathbf{p}}-\mathbf{\omega} \times \mathbf{p}=$$ \dot{p}\cdot\hat{p}+p\cdot\dot{\hat{p}} -\mathbf{\omega} \times \mathbf{p}=\dot{p}\cdot\hat{p}+\mathbf{\omega} \times \mathbf{p} - \mathbf{\omega} \times \mathbf{p} = \dot{p}\cdot\hat{p}. $ is it right? $\endgroup$
    – E Takly
    Sep 9, 2019 at 23:20
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    $\begingroup$ @E Takly, you are right. $\endgroup$ Sep 10, 2019 at 6:54

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