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The main issue of such robots is the control of the passive joint, which requires accurate dynamic modeling of the robot.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Friction is usually discarded to simplify the models, especially in the case of low-speed trajectories. However, this simplification leads to oscillations of the end-effector about the final position, which are incompatible with fast and accurate motions.<\/jats:p><jats:p>This paper focuses on planar<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0263574724000249_inline1.png\"\/><jats:tex-math>$n$<\/jats:tex-math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>-DOF serial robotic arms with<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:inline-graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" mime-subtype=\"png\" xlink:href=\"S0263574724000249_inline2.png\"\/><jats:tex-math>$n-1$<\/jats:tex-math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>actuated rotational joints plus one final passive rotational joint with stiffness and friction properties. These robots, if properly balanced, are differentially flat. When the non-actuated joint can be considered frictionless, differentially flat robots can be controlled in open loop, calculating the motor torques demanded by point-to-point motions. This paper extends the open-loop control to robots with a passive joint with viscous friction adopting a Laplace transform method. This method can be adopted by exploiting the particular structure of the equations of motion of differentially flat under-actuated robots in which the last equations are linear. Analytical expressions of the motor torques are obtained. 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