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Euler angles and their relationship to coordinate transformations. It covers single rotations, euler sequences, chasles' angle and euler parameters, and numerical partial derivatives. The document also introduces haug notation and coordinate frames at the corners of a wedge.
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Single rotations
X X
X X X 0 S C
Y Y
Y Y Y S 0 C
z Z Z
Euler sequences – ZXZ (original), ZYZ, YXY, YZY, XYX, XZX
ZXZ sequence ( 1 about global z - 2 about intermediate x - 3 about local z)
2 3 2 3 2
1 2 3 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 1 2
1 2 3 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 1 2 Z X Z S S S C C
2 a cos A 33 1 atan 2 A 13 /A 23 3 atan 2 A 31 /A 32 failsfor 2 0 and
Cardan-Bryant-Tait sequences – XYZ, XZY, YXZ, YZX, ZXY, ZYX
XYZ sequence ( x about global x - y about intermediate y - z about local z)
X Y z X z X Y z X z X Y
X Y z X z X Y z X z X Y
Y z Y z Y X Y Z C S C S S C S S S C C C
Y a sin A 13 Zatan 2 A 12 /A 11 Xatan 2 A 23 /A 33 failsforY/ 2 and 3 / 2
ZYX sequence ( z about global z - y about intermediate y - x about local x)
Y Y z Y z
X Y X Y z X z X Y z X z
X Y X Y z X z X Y z X z Z Y X S C S C C
XZY sequence ( x about global x - z about intermediate z - y about local y)
X Y z X z X Y X Y z X z
X Y z X z X Y X Y z X z
Y z Y Y z X Z Y S S C C S S C S S S C C
YZX sequence
YXZ sequence
ZXY sequence
A
2 E p^ 2 E p
A T
2 G p^ 2 G p
p 21 E T 21 G T
p T^ p p T p 0
~^ A ^ A T^ 2 E E T 2 E ET
~^ A T^ A ^ 2 G G T 2 G G T
A ^ ~A A~ 2 EG T 2 E GT
Acceleration
^ A
^ 2 E p
^ A T
^ 2 G p
p 21 E T 21 ET 21 E T 41 p T
T 4
T 1 2
T 1 2
T 1 2 p 1 G G G p
41 2
T 41
T 41 p T^ p
E p G p 0
Jerk
T 21 41 2 Gp 2 G p 2 G p ~
T 4
T 3 2
1 2
T 1 2
1
T 2
T T 1 2
1 E ~ p
p E E E
T 4
T 3 4
1 2
T 1 2
1
T 2
T T 1 2
1
G ~ p
p G G G
Adapted from Introduction to Robotics, J.J. Craig, Addison-Wesley, 1989
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