Questions tagged [rotation]
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Does every rotation vector has an one-to-one corresponding rotation matrix?
Given a rotation vector, can we always get the same corresponding rotation matrix computed by the Rodrigue's rotation formula?
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Angular movement of a controlled arm relative to an object via Two IMUs
I've been tasked to use two YEI 3-space sensors (IMUs) to detect the azimuth and elevation (altitude in the image below) angle of a moving arm with respect to a fixed object, with a sensor on the end ...
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Compute path in absolute frame from sequence of measurements
I have a sequence of measurements $\{(x_i, y_i, \theta_i)\}_{i = 1 \:...\: N}$. Each of these represents the new pose of the robot seen from the previous pose, i.e. a measurement $(x', y', \theta')$ ...
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Motion model and homogeneous transformation issue on a drone
I am trying to develop a EKF-SLAM algorithm for a drone, and I want to estimate its position in the inertial/world reference frame. I have as control variables the linear and angular velocities in the ...
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Conveyor Belt Calibration for a Robot - Rotation Matrix
Short Question:
As demonstrated in the image below, how can I calculate the rotation matrix that relates the base coordinate and the rectangle coordinate, given 3 known points P1, P2, P3 on the ...
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what are shoulder ball and socket joints called? (i am trying to design and build a hydraulic assistance mech suit)
I'm having problems finding the right sort of joint for my shoulder connection. It is a flat surface on the side of the mech body and I need to create a joint with maximum movement rotating: up, down ...
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Understanding Twists as 3D Velocities
I am just learning about twists to represent 3D velocities (e.g. of a robot's end-effector), and I have two questions:
1) Wikipedia defines a twist as "an angular velocity around an axis and a linear ...
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How to calculate rotation angle from 3D points
I have 4 3d points(x, y, z). Using these points how can I calculate rotation angle? Consequently, I want to have a 4x4 transformation matrix including rotation and translation information.
4 points ...
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Rotate coordinate frame using 2-axis inclinometer angles
How to rotate coordinate frame (transform point or vector coordinates) using angles from 2-axis inclination sensor if both X and Y angles are non-zero?
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Doubt about axis\angle representation
I am trying to understand the axis/angle representation.
So far, I have understood that the main idea is that every rotation can be represented as a rotation around an arbitrary axis of an angle $\...
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2-axis inclinometer angles to quaterion angles
How to derive quaterion angles (3 angles of the rotation vector with respect to the inertial coordinate frame and the rotation angle around that vector) knowing X and Y angles from a 2-axis ...
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Reset coordinate system of robot while maintaining relationship to the previous
I am currently estimating a robot's pose (3d position and rotation matrix) with an IMU and I want to reset the localizer in the middle of the run while keeping the relationship to the pose it had when ...
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Convert point coordinates from inclined to inertial coordinate system using inclinometer angles
I have a point (red dot) coordinates given as [vector magnitude, azimuth angle (blue), elevation angle (yellow)] in the inclined local system X'Y'Z', which must be converted into coordinates [x, y, z] ...
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What is my last rotation matrix for the last three angles when i have found the first three when doing inverse kinematics to a 6dof robot?
I am doing inverse kinematics for a 6dof robot.
I have used the geometrical method to describe the angles from one to three. I have trouble doing the next part. I know I that I have found the ...
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Finding quaternion Q, where Y = q * X * q.inv()
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Quaternions $X$, $Y$, which represents 3-dimensional points are given.
Quaternion $q$ is what is to be solved.
I want to know unknown rotation between $X$ and $Y$.
In other words, I want to ...
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What's the result of multiplying a rotation matrix having only Ļ components by another which has (āĻ,Īø,āĻ) components?
Given the following rotation matrix:
$
R(Ļ, Īø, Ļ) = \left( \begin{smallmatrix}
cos(Īø)*cos(Ļ) & -sin(Ļ)*sin(Īø)*cos(Ļ)-cos(Ļ)*sin(Ļ) & -cos(Ļ)*sin(Īø)*cos(Ļ)+sin(Ļ)*sin(Ļ) \\
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Solving for rotation matrix: Aligning vector a with vector b and then rotating around vector b
Currently working on a quadcopter simulation. I have a desired thrust vector,
t =sin(30)cos(45)a1+sin(30)sin(45)a2+cos(30)a3
and desired yaw angle,
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How to compute the orientation error between two 3D coordinate frames?
For my master thesis in robotics I have to compute the orientation error between two coordinate frames, called E and H. Their orientation is expressed through rotation matrices (3x3) with respect to a ...
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Rotating a lever with a small servo
I'm trying to rotate a lever link to gently "offload" a load using a servo. Here's a drawing:
Here, the red is a lever, yellow pivot and black is the load. To offload, the lever needs to be turned 90 ...
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MPU6050 Gyro rotaion always around Y axis
I am using an MPU6050 IMU. I did a small experiment having Z-axis pointing upwards.
1. Rotate 90deg around Z-axis (yaw) and back to the original position
2. Rotate 90deg around X-axis (roll) and back ...
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Moment of Inertia of a planar rotation link with a 6-DOF base
I'm interested in analytic calculation of a moment of inertia of a robot's arm in the following situation.
Let us assume the following:
Stationary reference frame $ \{b\} = \{X_B, Y_B, Z_B\}$ and ...
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How to calculate heading more accurately using dead wheels?
I am trying to figure out a more accurate way to calculate the change in the heading of a robot. I have two small omni wheels on either side of the robot facing forward and one on the right side ...
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Rotating NED to ENU
I have an IMU in NED of which I need to rotate to ENU to conform with ROS. I know its a roll of pi and a yaw of pi/2 but what ...
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Does Vehicle Yaw angle measures same at every point on it? If not, how to translate yaw rotation to COG of the vehicle from different point?
I am using an IMU to measure the yaw rotation angle of a car. I need to translate the rotation measured to COG of the vehicle. I can ignore roll and pitch as I am driving it on a flat surface. So, ...
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What are wheel ticks and wheel impulses?
I'm tracking the position of a vehicle along a certain trajectory using the Kalman filter and we have odometry data provided to us which gives the x-position of the vehicle, y-position of the vehicle ...
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How to get RPY(Roll, Pitch, Yaw) from directional cosines from a single vector?
I'm trying to find the pose of an 3D vector in terms of RPY. Let's say the two end points of the vector is P0(x0, y0, z0) and P1(x1, y1, z1). So the centered vector I get is V(Vx, Vy, Vz) = P1 - P0 = (...
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Rotation at SerialLink.teach Robotic Toolbox
Im using robotic toolbox to simulate my robot, but i always confused when i see the value of rpy. It always different if i compare with tr2rpy and tr2eul. What kind of rotation used in SerialLink....
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Observed position update after motion of the robot
The equation (14) in this paper,
$$
P_{Cj}=RP_{Pj}+T+e_j
$$
where $P_{Cj}$ and $P_{Pj}$ are the observed positions of feature $j$ prior to and after the current robot motion, $R$(otation) and $T$(...
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Undo pitching effect of camera when pose (y-axis) is near 90 degrees?
I am using KITTI odometry dataset whereby the camera's axis is pointing X (east), Y (down) and Z (north). It also contain the frame to frame poses of the camera (first pose is fixed as the map frame). ...
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How should I create a Pangolin (Armadillo) structure?
I am new to this forum. I want to create a mechanical structure as depicted in the image A pangolin bag. And further wouls like to automate the closing and opening of the bag. But I am facing issues ...
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Adjusting the PWM frequency and duty cycle to achieve the desired angular velocity in differential drive robots
I am practicing C++ and intro to robotics using a simple differential drive robot and a raspberry pi. Also following along the GA Tech course on control of mobile robotics.
The implementation I am ...
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Finding correct RPY for approaching a known point on a plane
I have a robot with 6 DOF that I want to use to grab a hanging sheet at a specific point near its edge. The grip needs to be perpendicular to the edge and co-planar with the point of course.
I have ...
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How can I attach an arm to a double-flat drive stepper motor?
This is my first robotics experience, outside of one class 10 years ago. I've been Googling this question for about an hour but I can't find an answer!
I'm using a ROHS Step Motor 28BYJ-48 (with an ...
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Forward Kinematics with matrices
From the image, I would like to find out how joint 1, 2 and 3 can be computed by using forward kinematics? (Assuming a theta value was given)
I understand that to get point 3 to origin (...
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Using pre multiply or post multipy for rotational matrix to get a new homogenous transformation matrix?
I am confused about how do I multiply the rotational matrix in this case.
I know that both T1 and T2 needs to be multiplied by a rotational matrix but I don't know how to multiply the rotational ...
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Why Euler Angle is set to be in ZYZ order?
We have 3 DOF for rotation in 3D space. So to describe an arbitrary rotation, we need to describe its 3 DOF. Euler angle does this by dividing a rotation in 3 steps, first rotate along the Z axis of ...
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Equivalence of Alias and Alibi interpretation of Rotation Matrices [closed]
Let's consider two right handed frames $\mathcal R_A$, with coordinate axes $i_A$, $j_A$ and $k_A$ and $\mathcal R_B$, with coordinate axes $i_B$, $j_B$ and $k_B$. Defining the rotation matrix $R^A_B$ ...
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A closed-form solution of $\textbf{R}\textbf{R}_1=\textbf{R}_2\textbf{R}$ w.r.t $\textbf{R}$
Is there a closed-form solution of $\textbf{R}\textbf{R}_1=\textbf{R}_2\textbf{R}$ with respect to $\textbf{R}\in SO(3)$?
$\textbf{R}_1$, $\textbf{R}_2 \in SO(3)$ are given.
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I tried holmeski'...
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SE3 composition operator gives unexpected results
Given Data and Algorithm
I have a stream of SE3 poses supplied by a basic wheel encoder odometry through ROS message passing system. Odometry publishes data in traditional to ROS ENU coordinate frame ...
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Angular velocity vector expression uncertain?
I have this problem of an excavator from a test I took a while ago.
Frame $\underline{\vec{e}}^0$ is the origin.
Frame $\underline{\vec{e}}^1$ rotates around $\underline{\vec{e}}_{3}^0$ with angle $\...
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Nested Rotation of a point around arbitrary vector in 3D
I have a point (x,y,z) in the 3D space. This point rotates by theta1 about the arbitrary axis ax1. This axis (ax1) rotates by theta2 about another axis ax2. What will be the new coordinates of the ...
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Solving Inverse Kinematics with unknown orientation
This may be a very basic question, but I haven't had much success finding an answer. I'm currently trying to solve the inverse kinematics of a 3-RRR Planar kinematic arm, whose purpose is to move ...
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Rotation composition When using Kalman Filter
I am implementing a Kalman Filter for the following situation.
I have a camera set in a room that can detect the position and orientation of a marker (ARUCO) in the room.
Therefore I have the ...
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How to rotate a rotation quaternion in the body frame to a rotation quaternion in the world frame?
I have a sensor (3 axis gyroscope) which can rotate and measure angular velocity in 3 dimensions (aligned with the sensor).
I know what its current orientation is with respect to the world frame. Call ...
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Explanation for exponential coordinate of rotation
From figure above, suppose a three-dimensional vector $p(0)$ is rotated by an angle $\theta$ about the fixed rotation axis $\omega$ to $p(\theta)$. Here we assume all quantities are expressed fixed ...
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router tilting mechanism
I am trying to design a very rigid tilting mechanism for my router. For this purpose I had a look at table saws, which seem to be supported by 2 mechanisms, one in front, one at the back, called "...
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How to reduce the small free rotation/movement of a stepper motor shaft?
I was successful in running a 28BYj-48 stepper motor with 4096 steps per revolution. I am happy with the result. But there is a free movement of the motor shaft itself - you can move the motor shaft ...
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integrating perfect rate gyro data (noiseless)
Having a perfect gyro (with no noise/drift or bias), the gyro produces angular velocities in the form (wx, wy, wz) in rad/sec.
I would like to convert the rate gyro readings (which are expressed in ...
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Ignoring yaw for pick and place
I get an object pose from the camera in quaternion. Since these are tetrahedron shaped objects, the robot needs to align the vacuum gripper to one of the sides of the object. But the yaw (rotation ...
