gazebo::math::Quaternion Class Reference

A quaternion class. More...

#include <math/gzmath.hh>

Public Member Functions
	Quaternion ()
	Default Constructor. More...
	Quaternion (const double &_w, const double &_x, const double &_y, const double &_z)
	Constructor. More...
	Quaternion (const double &_roll, const double &_pitch, const double &_yaw)
	Constructor from Euler angles in radians. More...
	Quaternion (const Vector3 &_axis, const double &_angle)
	Constructor from axis angle. More...
	Quaternion (const Vector3 &_rpy)
	Constructor. More...
	Quaternion (const Quaternion &_qt)
	Copy constructor. More...
	~Quaternion ()
	Destructor. More...
void	Correct ()
	Correct any nan. More...
double	Dot (const Quaternion &_q) const
	Dot product. More...
void	GetAsAxis (Vector3 &_axis, double &_angle) const
	Return rotation as axis and angle. More...
Vector3	GetAsEuler () const
	Return the rotation in Euler angles. More...
Matrix3	GetAsMatrix3 () const
	Get the quaternion as a 3x3 matrix. More...
Matrix4	GetAsMatrix4 () const
	Get the quaternion as a 4x4 matrix. More...
Quaternion	GetExp () const
	Return the exponent. More...
Quaternion	GetInverse () const
	Get the inverse of this quaternion. More...
Quaternion	GetLog () const
	Return the logarithm. More...
double	GetPitch ()
	Get the Euler pitch angle in radians. More...
double	GetRoll ()
	Get the Euler roll angle in radians. More...
Vector3	GetXAxis () const
	Return the X axis. More...
double	GetYaw ()
	Get the Euler yaw angle in radians. More...
Vector3	GetYAxis () const
	Return the Y axis. More...
Vector3	GetZAxis () const
	Return the Z axis. More...
void	Invert ()
	Invert the quaternion. More...
bool	IsFinite () const
	See if a quatern is finite (e.g., not nan) More...
void	Normalize ()
	Normalize the quaternion. More...
bool	operator!= (const Quaternion &_qt) const
	Not equal to operator. More...
Quaternion	operator* (const Quaternion &_q) const
	Multiplication operator. More...
Quaternion	operator* (const double &_f) const
	Multiplication operator. More...
Vector3	operator* (const Vector3 &_v) const
	Vector3 multiplication operator. More...
Quaternion	operator*= (const Quaternion &qt)
	Multiplication operator. More...
Quaternion	operator+ (const Quaternion &_qt) const
	Addition operator. More...
Quaternion	operator+= (const Quaternion &_qt)
	Addition operator. More...
Quaternion	operator- (const Quaternion &_qt) const
	Substraction operator. More...
Quaternion	operator- () const
	Unary minus operator. More...
Quaternion	operator-= (const Quaternion &_qt)
	Substraction operator. More...
Quaternion &	operator= (const Quaternion &_qt)
	Equal operator. More...
bool	operator== (const Quaternion &_qt) const
	Equal to operator. More...
Vector3	RotateVector (const Vector3 &_vec) const
	Rotate a vector using the quaternion. More...
Vector3	RotateVectorReverse (Vector3 _vec) const
	Do the reverse rotation of a vector by this quaternion. More...
void	Round (int _precision)
	Round all values to _precision decimal places. More...
void	Scale (double _scale)
	Scale a Quaternionion. More...
void	Set (double _u, double _x, double _y, double _z)
	Set this quaternion from 4 floating numbers. More...
void	SetFromAxis (double _x, double _y, double _z, double _a)
	Set the quaternion from an axis and angle. More...
void	SetFromAxis (const Vector3 &_axis, double _a)
	Set the quaternion from an axis and angle. More...
void	SetFromEuler (const Vector3 &_vec)
	Set the quaternion from Euler angles. More...
void	SetFromEuler (double _roll, double _pitch, double _yaw)
	Set the quaternion from Euler angles. More...
void	SetToIdentity ()
	Set the quatern to the identity. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static Quaternion	EulerToQuaternion (const Vector3 &_vec)
	Convert euler angles to quatern. More...
static Quaternion	EulerToQuaternion (double _x, double _y, double _z)
	Convert euler angles to quatern. More...
static Quaternion	Slerp (double _fT, const Quaternion &_rkP, const Quaternion &_rkQ, bool _shortestPath=false)
	Spherical linear interpolation between 2 quaternions, given the ends and an interpolation parameter between 0 and 1. More...
static Quaternion	Squad (double _fT, const Quaternion &_rkP, const Quaternion &_rkA, const Quaternion &_rkB, const Quaternion &_rkQ, bool _shortestPath=false)
	Spherical quadratic interpolation given the ends and an interpolation parameter between 0 and 1. More...

Public Attributes
double	w
	Attributes of the quaternion. More...
double	x
	Attributes of the quaternion. More...
double	y
	Attributes of the quaternion. More...
double	z
	Attributes of the quaternion. More...

Friends
std::ostream &	operator<< (std::ostream &_out, const gazebo::math::Quaternion &_q)
	Stream insertion operator. More...
std::istream &	operator>> (std::istream &_in, gazebo::math::Quaternion &_q)
	Stream extraction operator. More...

Detailed Description

A quaternion class.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

gazebo::math::Quaternion::Quaternion

(

)

Default Constructor.

Referenced by operator*().

gazebo::math::Quaternion::Quaternion	(	const double &	_w,
		const double &	_x,
		const double &	_y,
		const double &	_z
	)

Constructor.

Parameters

[in]	_w	W param
[in]	_x	X param
[in]	_y	Y param
[in]	_z	Z param

gazebo::math::Quaternion::Quaternion	(	const double &	_roll,
		const double &	_pitch,
		const double &	_yaw
	)

Constructor from Euler angles in radians.

Parameters

[in]	_roll	roll
[in]	_pitch	pitch
[in]	_yaw	yaw

gazebo::math::Quaternion::Quaternion	(	const Vector3 &	_axis,
		const double &	_angle
	)

Constructor from axis angle.

Parameters

[in]	_axis	the rotation axis
[in]	_angle	the rotation angle in radians

gazebo::math::Quaternion::Quaternion

(

const Vector3 &

_rpy

)

Constructor.

Parameters

[in]

_rpy

euler angles

gazebo::math::Quaternion::Quaternion

(

const Quaternion &

_qt

)

Copy constructor.

Parameters

qt	Quaternion to copy

gazebo::math::Quaternion::~Quaternion

(

)

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

void gazebo::math::Quaternion::Correct ( )

inline

Correct any nan.

References gazebo::math::equal(), w, x, y, and z.

Referenced by gazebo::math::Pose::Correct().

double gazebo::math::Quaternion::Dot

(

const Quaternion &

_q

)

const

Dot product.

Parameters

[in]

_q

the other quaternion

Returns

the product

static Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::EulerToQuaternion ( const Vector3 &  _vec )

static

Convert euler angles to quatern.

Parameters

[in]

static Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::EulerToQuaternion ( double  _x, double  _y, double  _z  )

static

Convert euler angles to quatern.

Parameters

[in]	_x	rotation along x
[in]	_y	rotation along y
[in]	_z	rotation along z

void gazebo::math::Quaternion::GetAsAxis	(	Vector3 &	_axis,
		double &	_angle
	)		const

Return rotation as axis and angle.

Parameters

[in]	_axis	rotation axis
[in]	_angle	ccw angle in radians

Vector3 gazebo::math::Quaternion::GetAsEuler

(

)

const

Return the rotation in Euler angles.

Returns

This quaternion as an Euler vector

Matrix3 gazebo::math::Quaternion::GetAsMatrix3

(

)

const

Get the quaternion as a 3x3 matrix.

Matrix4 gazebo::math::Quaternion::GetAsMatrix4

(

)

const

Get the quaternion as a 4x4 matrix.

Returns

a 4x4 matrix

Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::GetExp

(

)

const

Return the exponent.

Returns

the exp

Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::GetInverse ( ) const

inline

Get the inverse of this quaternion.

Returns

Inverse quarenion

References gazebo::math::equal(), w, x, y, and z.

Referenced by gazebo::math::Pose::CoordPositionSub(), gazebo::math::Pose::CoordRotationSub(), and RotateVector().

Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::GetLog

(

)

const

Return the logarithm.

Returns

the log

double gazebo::math::Quaternion::GetPitch

(

)

Get the Euler pitch angle in radians.

Returns

the pitch

double gazebo::math::Quaternion::GetRoll

(

)

Get the Euler roll angle in radians.

Returns

the roll

Vector3 gazebo::math::Quaternion::GetXAxis

(

)

const

Return the X axis.

Returns

the vector

double gazebo::math::Quaternion::GetYaw

(

)

Get the Euler yaw angle in radians.

Returns

the yaw

Vector3 gazebo::math::Quaternion::GetYAxis

(

)

const

Return the Y axis.

Returns

the vector

Vector3 gazebo::math::Quaternion::GetZAxis

(

)

const

Return the Z axis.

Returns

the vector

void gazebo::math::Quaternion::Invert

(

)

Invert the quaternion.

bool gazebo::math::Quaternion::IsFinite

(

)

const

See if a quatern is finite (e.g., not nan)

Returns

True if quatern is finite

void gazebo::math::Quaternion::Normalize

(

)

Normalize the quaternion.

Referenced by gazebo::math::Pose::CoordRotationSub().

bool gazebo::math::Quaternion::operator!=

(

const Quaternion &

_qt

)

const

Not equal to operator.

Parameters

[in]

_qt

Quaternion for comparison

Returns

True if not equal

Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::operator* ( const Quaternion &  _q ) const

inline

Multiplication operator.

Parameters

[in]

_qt

Quaternion for multiplication

Returns

This quaternion multiplied by the parameter

References Quaternion(), w, x, y, and z.

Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::operator*

(

const double &

_f

)

const

Multiplication operator.

Parameters

[in]

_f

factor

Returns

quaternion multiplied by _f

Vector3 gazebo::math::Quaternion::operator*

(

const Vector3 &

_v

)

const

Vector3 multiplication operator.

Parameters

[in]

_v

vector to multiply

Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::operator*=

(

const Quaternion &

qt

)

Multiplication operator.

Parameters

[in]

_qt

Quaternion for multiplication

Returns

This quatern multiplied by the parameter

Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::operator+

(

const Quaternion &

_qt

)

const

Addition operator.

Parameters

[in]

_qt

quaternion for addition

Returns

this quaternion + _qt

Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::operator+=

(

const Quaternion &

_qt

)

Addition operator.

Parameters

[in]

_qt

quaternion for addition

Returns

this quaternion + qt

Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::operator-

(

const Quaternion &

_qt

)

const

Substraction operator.

Parameters

[in]

_qt

quaternion to substract

Returns

this quaternion - _qt

Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::operator-

(

)

const

Unary minus operator.

Returns

negates each component of the quaternion

Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::operator-=

(

const Quaternion &

_qt

)

Substraction operator.

Parameters

[in]

_qt

Quaternion for substraction

Returns

This quatern - qt

Quaternion& gazebo::math::Quaternion::operator=

(

const Quaternion &

_qt

)

Equal operator.

Parameters

[in]

_qt

Quaternion to copy

bool gazebo::math::Quaternion::operator==

(

const Quaternion &

_qt

)

const

Equal to operator.

Parameters

[in]

_qt

Quaternion for comparison

Returns

True if equal

Vector3 gazebo::math::Quaternion::RotateVector ( const Vector3 &  _vec ) const

inline

Rotate a vector using the quaternion.

Parameters

[in]

_vec

vector to rotate

Returns

the rotated vector

References GetInverse(), gazebo::math::Vector3::x, x, gazebo::math::Vector3::y, y, gazebo::math::Vector3::z, and z.

Vector3 gazebo::math::Quaternion::RotateVectorReverse

(

Vector3

_vec

)

const

Do the reverse rotation of a vector by this quaternion.

Parameters

[in]

_vec

the vector

Returns

the

void gazebo::math::Quaternion::Round

(

int

_precision

)

Round all values to _precision decimal places.

Parameters

[in]

_precision

the precision

void gazebo::math::Quaternion::Scale

(

double

_scale

)

Scale a Quaternionion.

Parameters

[in]

_scale

Amount to scale this rotation

void gazebo::math::Quaternion::Set	(	double	_u,
		double	_x,
		double	_y,
		double	_z
	)

Set this quaternion from 4 floating numbers.

Parameters

[in]	_u	u
[in]	_x	x
[in]	_y	y
[in]	_z	z

void gazebo::math::Quaternion::SetFromAxis	(	double	_x,
		double	_y,
		double	_z,
		double	_a
	)

Set the quaternion from an axis and angle.

Parameters

[in]	_x	X axis
[in]	_y	Y axis
[in]	_z	Z axis
[in]	_a	Angle in radians

void gazebo::math::Quaternion::SetFromAxis	(	const Vector3 &	_axis,
		double	_a
	)

Set the quaternion from an axis and angle.

Parameters

[in]	_axis	Axis
[in]	_a	Angle in radians

void gazebo::math::Quaternion::SetFromEuler

(

const Vector3 &

_vec

)

Set the quaternion from Euler angles.

The order of operations are roll, pitch, yaw.

Parameters

[in]

vec

Euler angle

void gazebo::math::Quaternion::SetFromEuler	(	double	_roll,
		double	_pitch,
		double	_yaw
	)

Set the quaternion from Euler angles.

Parameters

[in]	_roll	Roll angle (radians).
[in]	_pitch	Roll angle (radians).
[in]	_yaw	Roll angle (radians).

void gazebo::math::Quaternion::SetToIdentity

(

)

Set the quatern to the identity.

static Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::Slerp ( double  _fT, const Quaternion &  _rkP, const Quaternion &  _rkQ, bool  _shortestPath = false  )

static

Spherical linear interpolation between 2 quaternions, given the ends and an interpolation parameter between 0 and 1.

Parameters

[in]	_ft	the interpolation parameter
[in]	_rkP	the beginning quaternion
[in]	_rkQ	the end quaternion
[in]	_shortestPath	when true, the rotation may be inverted to get to minimize rotation

static Quaternion gazebo::math::Quaternion::Squad ( double  _fT, const Quaternion &  _rkP, const Quaternion &  _rkA, const Quaternion &  _rkB, const Quaternion &  _rkQ, bool  _shortestPath = false  )

static

Spherical quadratic interpolation given the ends and an interpolation parameter between 0 and 1.

Parameters

[in]	_ft	the interpolation parameter
[in]	_rkP	the beginning quaternion
[in]	_rkA	first intermediate quaternion
[in]	_rkB	second intermediate quaternion
[in]	_rkQ	the end quaternion
[in]	_shortestPath	when true, the rotation may be inverted to get to minimize rotation

Friends And Related Function Documentation

std::ostream& operator<< ( std::ostream &  _out, const gazebo::math::Quaternion &  _q  )

friend

Stream insertion operator.

Parameters

[in]	_out	output stream
[in]	_q	quaternion to output

Returns

the stream

std::istream& operator>> ( std::istream &  _in, gazebo::math::Quaternion &  _q  )

friend

Stream extraction operator.

Parameters

[in]	_in	input stream
[in]	_q	Quaternion to read values into

Returns

The istream

Member Data Documentation

double gazebo::math::Quaternion::w

Attributes of the quaternion.

Referenced by gazebo::physics::DARTTypes::ConvQuat(), Correct(), GetInverse(), and operator*().

double gazebo::math::Quaternion::x

Attributes of the quaternion.

Referenced by gazebo::physics::DARTTypes::ConvQuat(), gazebo::math::Pose::CoordPositionSub(), Correct(), GetInverse(), operator*(), and RotateVector().

double gazebo::math::Quaternion::y

Attributes of the quaternion.

Referenced by gazebo::physics::DARTTypes::ConvQuat(), gazebo::math::Pose::CoordPositionSub(), Correct(), GetInverse(), operator*(), and RotateVector().

double gazebo::math::Quaternion::z

Attributes of the quaternion.

Referenced by gazebo::physics::DARTTypes::ConvQuat(), gazebo::math::Pose::CoordPositionSub(), Correct(), GetInverse(), operator*(), and RotateVector().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• Quaternion.hh