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how to rotate a point(x,y) about a fixed point

asked 2016-02-05 00:30:48 -0500

mayank_m
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updated 2016-02-05 00:45:38 -0500

I want to rotate a point (x,y) from an orientation alpha to a new point(x,y) with an orientation beta about a fixed point (centre of the circle). How to do it in ROS ?

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I do not know if ROS has libraries for this, but Eigen might be useful as it can apply transformations to vectors.

Javier V. Gómez ( 2016-02-05 04:23:50 -0500 )edit

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answered 2016-02-05 09:10:06 -0500

MichaelKorn

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updated 2016-02-05 10:53:26 -0500

General Answer, also valid for 3D:

Translate your point, so that your rotation axis goes through the origin of your coordinate system.
Rotate the transformed point around your axis.
Translate the origin of the coordinate system back to the old position.

In your case (P is the point to rotate, F is the rotation point, R is the rotation matrix):

P' = F+(R*(P-F))

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