Confusion in computing relative velocities between different coordinate frames
I am writing a tree structure and I am trying to compute velocity between different frames on my own. But, I feel like my computation is wrong and was wondering if you guys can help me figure out what's wrong. 2
B x
\ (5,3,1) |
\ y <___|
1
\ (2,1,0) x
\ |
2 |____>Z
I was unable to attach an image, hence put that diagram above as an example. Note that frame 2 is rotated along roll w.r.t frame 1. Frame B and Frame 1 have same coordinate axis(X pointing up, +ve Y pointing to the left and +ve Z is coming out of the paper) and hence their total velocity will add up. So
relative velocity of B to 1 is (7,4,1).
But in the case of relative velocity of frame 1 and 2, frame 2 is rolled by +90 degrees and hence it's -ve Z axis is +ve Y axis of frame 1. I was asked to consider the velocities mentioned in that tree link as relative velocities between a child and a parent. That means, the relative velocity between frame 1 and 2 is (2,1,0).
My confusion is,
- Does that mean that the X value 2, at the velocity vector is actually -Z value of frame 2?
- How to compute the relative velocity between frame 2 to frame B.
- Where can I learn more stuff about this?
I understand we need to include transformation matrices between frame 2 and 1 into account. But I am not sure how to incorporate it.
Any pointers that will help me understand this better will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Asked by Joy16 on 2020-05-11 19:46:37 UTC
Comments
This doesn't seem ROS related. I'd recommend reading up on "homogeneous transformation matrix". There's a book you can find a PDF of that does a good introduction: Introduction to Robotics by John J Craig. Its written very approachably.
Closing ticket since non-ROS
Asked by stevemacenski on 2020-05-11 21:55:52 UTC