function [stewart] = computeJointsPose(stewart) % computeJointsPose - % % Syntax: [stewart] = computeJointsPose(stewart, opts_param) % % Inputs: % - stewart - A structure with the following fields % - FO_A [3x1] - Position of {A} with respect to {F} % - MO_B [3x1] - Position of {B} with respect to {M} % - FO_M [3x1] - Position of {M} with respect to {F} % % Outputs: % - stewart - A structure with the following added fields % - Aa [3x6] - The i'th column is the position of ai with respect to {A} % - Ab [3x6] - The i'th column is the position of bi with respect to {A} % - Ba [3x6] - The i'th column is the position of ai with respect to {B} % - Bb [3x6] - The i'th column is the position of bi with respect to {B} % - l [6x1] - The i'th element is the initial length of strut i % - As [3x6] - The i'th column is the unit vector of strut i expressed in {A} % - Bs [3x6] - The i'th column is the unit vector of strut i expressed in {B} % - FRa [3x3x6] - The i'th 3x3 array is the rotation matrix to orientate the bottom of the i'th strut from {F} % - MRb [3x3x6] - The i'th 3x3 array is the rotation matrix to orientate the top of the i'th strut from {M} stewart.Aa = stewart.Fa - repmat(stewart.FO_A, [1, 6]); stewart.Bb = stewart.Mb - repmat(stewart.MO_B, [1, 6]); stewart.Ab = stewart.Bb - repmat(-stewart.MO_B-stewart.FO_M+stewart.FO_A, [1, 6]); stewart.Ba = stewart.Aa - repmat( stewart.MO_B+stewart.FO_M-stewart.FO_A, [1, 6]); stewart.As = (stewart.Ab - stewart.Aa)./vecnorm(stewart.Ab - stewart.Aa); % As_i is the i'th vector of As stewart.l = vecnorm(stewart.Ab - stewart.Aa)'; stewart.Bs = (stewart.Bb - stewart.Ba)./vecnorm(stewart.Bb - stewart.Ba); stewart.FRa = zeros(3,3,6); stewart.MRb = zeros(3,3,6); for i = 1:6 stewart.FRa(:,:,i) = [cross([0;1;0], stewart.As(:,i)) , cross(stewart.As(:,i), cross([0;1;0], stewart.As(:,i))) , stewart.As(:,i)]; stewart.FRa(:,:,i) = stewart.FRa(:,:,i)./vecnorm(stewart.FRa(:,:,i)); stewart.MRb(:,:,i) = [cross([0;1;0], stewart.Bs(:,i)) , cross(stewart.Bs(:,i), cross([0;1;0], stewart.Bs(:,i))) , stewart.Bs(:,i)]; stewart.MRb(:,:,i) = stewart.MRb(:,:,i)./vecnorm(stewart.MRb(:,:,i)); end