INTERACTIVE LAB · MOTION

Coordinate frames. Explore it.

Transform a point with translation and rotation.

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Calculations run on this device. This does not execute ROS, Gazebo or hardware commands.

Explore the model

Planar rigid transform: rotate the local point, then translate.

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Calculated result

Parent frame

Parent point: (1.000, 1.000) m

The origin translation and rotation affect every point attached to the local frame.

What to investigate

Rotate the frame by 90°, then translate it. Observe why changing the order of rotation and translation changes the answer. Units here are metres and degrees at the input boundary.

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