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Invert a TF frame axis

asked 2022-08-16 16:55:32 -0500

zrahman gravatar image

updated 2022-08-16 16:56:05 -0500

I want to add a camera frame with x on the right, y up, and z forward. I am using the following command:

rosrun tf2_ros static_transform_publisher x y z yaw pitch roll map camera

First I tried to set up yaw, pitch, and roll manually by changing those three values. But there was always one axis that needed to be inverted which I could not do since if I change one of the three values, two axes change, not one. So, I ended up having a frame with x on the right, y up and z backward. Then I calculated a rotation matrix between those two coordinate frames. I found

     0 0 1
R = -1 0 0
     0 1 0

Then from the rotation matrix to yaw, pitch, and roll (-1.57, -0, 1.57). But the result is the same. How can I flip only one axis keeping the other two unchanged?

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What do you mean by "x on the right"? After rotation you want the positive x-axis pointing to the left?

Mike Scheutzow gravatar image Mike Scheutzow  ( 2022-08-17 06:34:10 -0500 )edit

@Mike Scheutzow The coordinate system I want should have x pointing to the right, y upward, and z forward.

zrahman gravatar image zrahman  ( 2022-08-17 10:16:18 -0500 )edit

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answered 2022-08-17 02:57:55 -0500

ljaniec gravatar image

Did you check this StackOverflow post?

  • Check that the frame you get from your API is right-handed. You do so by computing the determinant of the 3x3 rotation part of your 4x4 transform matrix: it must be +1 or very close to it.

  • If it is -1, then flip one if its axis, i.e. change the sign of one of the columns of the 3x3 rotation.

  • Note carefully: I said "columns" because I assume that you apply a transform Q to a point x by multiplying as Q * x, x being a 4x1 column vector with the last component equal to one. If you use row vectors left-multiplied by Q you need flip a row.

  • If that determinant is +1, you have a bug someplace else.

You can try to use quaternions too, here are some great sources:

P.S. This part from the second link seems to be related to your case

Conventions

From REP 105 Coordinate Frames for Mobile Platforms

On a mobile robot, x is forward, y is left, and z is up 

For cameras z is forward, x is right, y is down, and frame_id ends with _optical
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@Ijaniec I checked those answers. It seems, ROS tf uses right-handed rules and there is no way I can get the frame I want. So, I will just multiply one axis by -1.

zrahman gravatar image zrahman  ( 2022-08-17 11:31:41 -0500 )edit

OK, please report with the effects later! If this answer helped you, you can accept it as a correct one (right under the note, "✓") so it will be marked as solved in the queue

ljaniec gravatar image ljaniec  ( 2022-08-18 07:09:46 -0500 )edit

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