# Can I perform the inverse operation of the 6 dof robot arm in the slicer?

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Can I perform the inverse operation of the 6 dof robot arm in the slicer?

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/can-i-perform-the-inverse-operation-of-the-6-dof-robot-arm-in-the-slicer/6769/2 "2019-05-13T11:40:11Z")

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You can compute inverse kinematics the same way as you would do in any other generic computing environment.

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/can-i-perform-the-inverse-operation-of-the-6-dof-robot-arm-in-the-slicer/6769/3 "2019-05-13T12:31:34Z")

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This material should help:

> **[ISMR2019](https://github.com/rosmed/rosmed.github.io/wiki/ISMR2019)**
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