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An Effective Rigid Body Math Model: A Synopsis for the Practitioner

AUTHOR Knopp, Dave
PUBLISHER Lulu.com (06/01/2022)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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This technical brief summarizes an elegant algebraic description of rigid body position and attitude along with analytical derivatives associated with body motions. The equations presented here offer a fully general representation that is entirely singularity-free. The expressions capture all six degrees of freedom associated to a physical body within a math model containing exactly six free parameters based on the exponential map. A particularly pragmatic benefit is that the math model and all of its parameters have direct associations with physical characteristics that can be observed and/or measured directly by physical instrumentation and sensor systems. The expressions describing body position and attitude are necessarily non-linear, but have relatively simple forms on which simple numerical solution methods are exceptionally effective.
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ISBN-13: 9781387907946
ISBN-10: 1387907948
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 110
Carton Quantity: 74
Product Dimensions: 6.00 x 0.23 x 9.00 inches
Weight: 0.35 pound(s)
Country of Origin: US
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This technical brief summarizes an elegant algebraic description of rigid body position and attitude along with analytical derivatives associated with body motions. The equations presented here offer a fully general representation that is entirely singularity-free. The expressions capture all six degrees of freedom associated to a physical body within a math model containing exactly six free parameters based on the exponential map. A particularly pragmatic benefit is that the math model and all of its parameters have direct associations with physical characteristics that can be observed and/or measured directly by physical instrumentation and sensor systems. The expressions describing body position and attitude are necessarily non-linear, but have relatively simple forms on which simple numerical solution methods are exceptionally effective.
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