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# Thanks to Mr. Charles Hall, Dr. Don Krupp and Dr. Larry Mullins at
# NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center for notes and instruction in
# use and conventions with quaternions. - A. S. Hodel
function opt = demoquat()
opt = 0;
quitopt = 5;
while(opt != quitopt)
opt = menu("Quaternion function demo (c) 1998 A. S. Hodel, a.s.hodel@eng.auburn.edu",
"quaternion construction/data extraction",
"simple quaternion functions",
"transformation functions",
"body-inertial frame demo",
"Quit");
switch(opt)
case(1),
printf("Quaternion construction/data extraction\n");
help quaternion
prompt
cmd = "q = quaternion(1,2,3,4)";
run_cmd
disp("This format stores the i,j,k parts of the quaternion first;")
disp("the real part is stored last.")
prompt
disp(" ")
disp("i, j, and k are all square roots of -1; however they do not")
disp("commute under multiplication (discussed further with the function")
disp("qmult). Therefore quaternions do not commute under multiplcation:")
disp(" q1*q2 != q2*q1 (usually)")
prompt
disp("Quaternions as rotations: unit quaternion to represent")
disp("rotation of 45 degrees about the vector [1 1 1]")
cmd = "degrees = pi/180; q1 = quaternion([1 1 1],45*degrees)";
run_cmd
prompt
cmd = "real_q = cos(45*degrees/2)";
run_cmd
printf("The real part of the quaternion q(4) is cos(theta/2).\n----\n\n");
cmd = "imag_q = sin(45*degrees/2)*[1 1 1]/norm([1 1 1])"
run_cmd
disp("The imaginary part of the quaternion is sin(theta/2)*unit vector");
disp("The constructed quaternion is a unit quaternion.");
prompt
disp("Can also extract both forms of the quaternion:")
disp("Vector/angle form of 1i + 2j + 3k + 4:")
cmd = "[vv,th] = quaternion(q)";
run_cmd
cmd = "vv_norm = norm(vv)";
run_cmd
disp("Returns the eigenaxis as a 3-d unit vector");
disp("Check values: ")
cmd = "th_deg = th*180/pi";
run_cmd
disp("")
disp("This concludes the quaternion construction/extraction demo.");
prompt
case(2),
printf("Simple quaternion functions\n");
cmd = "help qconj";
run_cmd
cmd = "degrees = pi/180; q1 = quaternion([1 1 1],45*degrees)";
run_cmd
cmd = "q2 = qconj(q1)";
run_cmd
disp("The conjugate changes the sign of the complex part of the")
printf("quaternion.\n\n");
prompt
printf("\n\n\nMultiplication of quaternions:\n");
cmd = "help qmult";
run_cmd
cmd = "help qinv"
run_cmd
disp("Inverse quaternion: q*qi = qi*q = 1:")
cmd = "q1i = qinv(q1)";
run_cmd
cmd = "one = qmult(q1,q1i)";
run_cmd
printf("Conclusion of simple quaternion functions");
prompt
case(3),
printf("Transformation functions\n");
disp("A problem with the discussion of coordinate transformations is that");
disp("one must be clear on what is being transformed: does a rotation of");
disp("theta degrees mean that you're rotating the VECTOR by theta degrees,");
disp("also called the 'active convention,' or does it mean that you rotate ");
disp("the COORDINATE FRAME by theta degrees, also called the 'passive convention,' ");
disp("which is equivalent to rotating the VECTOR by (-theta) degrees. The");
disp("functions in this demo use the active convention. I'll point out where");
disp("this changes the code as the demo runs.");
disp(" -- The author");
prompt
printf("\n\n");
disp("Sequences of rotations:")
printf("\n\nRotation of a vector by 90 degrees about the reference z axis\n");
cmd = "qz = quaternion([0 0 1], pi/2);";
disp(cmd) ; eval(cmd);
printf("\n\nRotation of a vector by 90 degrees about the reference y axis\n");
cmd="qy = quaternion([0 1 0], pi/2);";
disp(cmd) ; eval(cmd);
printf("\n\nRotation of a vector by 90 degrees about the reference x axis\n");
cmd="qx = quaternion([1 0 0], pi/2);";
run_cmd
printf("\n\nSequence of three rotations: 90 degrees about x, then 90 degrees\n");
disp("about y, then 90 degrees about z (all axes specified in the reference frame):");
qchk = qmult(qz,qmult(qy,qx));
cmd = "[vv,th] = quaternion(qchk), th_deg = th*180/pi";
run_cmd
disp("The sequence of the three rotations above is equivalent to a single rotation")
disp("of 90 degrees about the y axis. Check:");
cmd = "err = norm(qchk - qy)";
run_cmd
disp("Transformation of a quaternion by a quaternion:")
disp("The three quaternions above were rotations specified about")
disp("a single reference frame. It is often convenient to specify the");
disp("eigenaxis of a rotation in a different frame (e.g., when computing");
disp("the transformation rotation in terms of the Euler angles yaw-pitch-roll).");
cmd = "help qtrans";
run_cmd
disp("")
disp("NOTE: If the passive convention is used, then the above");
disp("formula changes to v = qinv(q)*v*q instead of ")
disp("v = q*v*qinv(q).")
prompt
disp("")
disp("Example: Vectors in Frame 2 are obtained by rotating them from ")
disp(" from Frame 1 by 90 degrees about the x axis (quaternion qx)")
disp(" A quaternion in Frame 2 rotates a vector by 90 degrees about")
disp(" the Frame 2 y axis (quaternion qy). The equivalent rotation")
disp(" in the reference frame is:")
cmd = "q_eq = qtrans(qy,qx); [vv,th] = quaternion(q_eq)";
run_cmd
disp("The rotation is equivalent to rotating about the reference z axis")
disp("by 90 degrees (quaternion qz)")
prompt
disp("Transformation of a vector by a quaternion");
cmd = "help qtransv";
run_cmd
disp("NOTE: the above formula changes if the passive quaternion ")
disp("is used; the cross product term is subtracted instead of added.");
prompt
disp("Example: rotate the vector [1,1,1] by 90 degrees about the y axis");
cmd = "vec_r = qtransv([1,1,1],qy)";
run_cmd
prompt
disp("Equivalently, one may multiply by qtransvmat:")
cmd = "help qtransvmat";
run_cmd
disp("NOTE: the passive quaternion convention would use the transpose")
disp("(inverse) of the orthogonal matrix returned by qtransvmat.");
prompt
cmd = "vec_r_2 = qtransvmat(qy)*[1;1;1]; vec_err = norm(vec_r - vec_r_2)";
run_cmd
disp("")
disp("The last transformation function is the derivative of a quaternion")
disp("Given rotation rates about the reference x, y, and z axes.");
cmd = "help qderivmat";
run_cmd
disp("")
disp("Example:")
disp("Frame is rotating about the z axis at 1 rad/s")
cmd = "Omega = [0,0,1]; Dmat = qderivmat(Omega)";
run_cmd
disp("Notice that Dmat is skew symmetric, as it should be.")
disp("expm(Dmat*t) is orthogonal, so that unit quaternions remain")
disp("unit quaternions as the rotating frame precesses.");
disp(" ")
disp("This concludes the transformation demo.");
prompt;
case(4),
printf("Body-inertial frame demo: Look at the source code for\n");
printf("demoquat.m and qcoordinate_plot.m to see how it's done.\n");
# i,j,k units
iv = quaternion(1,0,0,0); jv = quaternion(0,1,0,0);
kv = quaternion(0,0,1,0);
# construct quaternion to desired view.
degrees = pi/180; daz = 45*degrees; del = -30*degrees;
qazimuth = quaternion([0,0,1],daz);
qelevation = quaternion([cos(daz),sin(daz),0],del);
qview = qmult(qelevation,qazimuth);
# inertial frame i, j, k axes.
iif = iv; jf = qtrans(jv,iv); kf = qtrans(kv,iv);
# rotation steps
th = 0:5:20; ov = ones(size(th)); myth = [th,max(th)*ov ; 0*ov,th];
# construct yaw-pitch-roll cartoon
for kk=1:length(myth(1,:))
figure(kk)
thy = myth(1,kk);
thp = myth(2,kk);
qyaw = quaternion([0,0,1],thy*pi/180);
[jvy,th] = quaternion(qtrans(jf,qyaw));
qpitch = quaternion(jvy(1:3),thp*pi/180);
qb = qmult(qpitch, qyaw);
qi = quaternion([1, 0, 0],180*degrees);
printf("yaw=%8.4f, pitch=%8.4f, \n qbi = (%8.4f)i + (%8.4e)j + (%8.4f)k + (%8.4f)\n",thy,thp, ...
qb(1), qb(2), qb(3), qb(4));
[vv,th] = quaternion(qb);
printf(" = (vector) = [%8.4f %8.4f %8.4f], th=%5.2f deg\n", ...
vv(1), vv(2), vv(3), th*180/pi);
qb = qmult(qb,qi);
title(sprintf("yaw=%5.2f deg, pitch=%5.2f deg",thy,thp))
qcoordinate_plot(qi,qb,qview);
# uncomment the next four lines to get eps output
#gset terminal postscript eps
#eval(sprintf("gset output 'fig%d.eps'",kk));
#replot
#gset terminal x11
#prompt
endfor
case(quitopt),
printf("Exiting quaternion demo\n");
otherwise,
error(sprintf("Illegal option %f",opt));
endswitch
endwhile
endfunction