Robotic Systems
Spatial descriptions and
transformations
,Description of position and orientation
describe the position of the manipulator by giving a description of:
o The tool frame, which is attached to the end-effector, Relative to:
o The base frame, which is attached to the nonmoving base of the
manipulator.
P
X
Tool fram
Manipulator’s objects are described by just two attributes: Z
1) Position (𝑃𝑥 , 𝑃𝑦 , 𝑃𝑧 )
Y
2) Orientation (𝑅𝑥 , 𝑅𝑦 , 𝑅𝑧 ) Base
Z X
Base frame
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,𝐴 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒: *𝐵+
𝐵𝑇 ∶ {B} relative to {A} 𝑍𝐵
𝑃
𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒: *𝐴+
𝑍𝐴 B
P 𝑋𝐵
A
P BORG
A
BORG
𝑌𝐵
AORG
𝑋𝐴
𝑌𝐴
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, Description of a position
𝑍𝐵 *𝐵+
Translation
𝑃
{B} relative to {A} 𝑍𝐴 B
P
*𝐴+
A
p x p x BORG x
P BORG
A B A
BORG
A B A
A
PB Py Py BORG y 𝑌𝐵
A Pz B Pz A BORG
AORG
𝑋𝐴
z
𝑌𝐴
𝑃𝑥
𝐴𝑃 = 𝑃
𝑦
𝑃𝑧
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