function [stewart] = computeJointsPose(stewart) % computeJointsPose - % % Syntax: [stewart] = computeJointsPose(stewart) % % Inputs: % - stewart - A structure with the following fields % - platform_F.Fa [3x6] - Its i'th column is the position vector of joint ai with respect to {F} % - platform_M.Mb [3x6] - Its i'th column is the position vector of joint bi with respect to {M} % - platform_F.FO_A [3x1] - Position of {A} with respect to {F} % - platform_M.MO_B [3x1] - Position of {B} with respect to {M} % - geometry.FO_M [3x1] - Position of {M} with respect to {F} % % Outputs: % - stewart - A structure with the following added fields % - geometry.Aa [3x6] - The i'th column is the position of ai with respect to {A} % - geometry.Ab [3x6] - The i'th column is the position of bi with respect to {A} % - geometry.Ba [3x6] - The i'th column is the position of ai with respect to {B} % - geometry.Bb [3x6] - The i'th column is the position of bi with respect to {B} % - geometry.l [6x1] - The i'th element is the initial length of strut i % - geometry.As [3x6] - The i'th column is the unit vector of strut i expressed in {A} % - geometry.Bs [3x6] - The i'th column is the unit vector of strut i expressed in {B} % - struts_F.l [6x1] - Length of the Fixed part of the i'th strut % - struts_M.l [6x1] - Length of the Mobile part of the i'th strut % - platform_F.FRa [3x3x6] - The i'th 3x3 array is the rotation matrix to orientate the bottom of the i'th strut from {F} % - platform_M.MRb [3x3x6] - The i'th 3x3 array is the rotation matrix to orientate the top of the i'th strut from {M} assert(isfield(stewart.platform_F, 'Fa'), 'stewart.platform_F should have attribute Fa') Fa = stewart.platform_F.Fa; assert(isfield(stewart.platform_M, 'Mb'), 'stewart.platform_M should have attribute Mb') Mb = stewart.platform_M.Mb; assert(isfield(stewart.platform_F, 'FO_A'), 'stewart.platform_F should have attribute FO_A') FO_A = stewart.platform_F.FO_A; assert(isfield(stewart.platform_M, 'MO_B'), 'stewart.platform_M should have attribute MO_B') MO_B = stewart.platform_M.MO_B; assert(isfield(stewart.geometry, 'FO_M'), 'stewart.geometry should have attribute FO_M') FO_M = stewart.geometry.FO_M; Aa = Fa - repmat(FO_A, [1, 6]); Bb = Mb - repmat(MO_B, [1, 6]); Ab = Bb - repmat(-MO_B-FO_M+FO_A, [1, 6]); Ba = Aa - repmat( MO_B+FO_M-FO_A, [1, 6]); As = (Ab - Aa)./vecnorm(Ab - Aa); % As_i is the i'th vector of As l = vecnorm(Ab - Aa)'; Bs = (Bb - Ba)./vecnorm(Bb - Ba); FRa = zeros(3,3,6); MRb = zeros(3,3,6); for i = 1:6 FRa(:,:,i) = [cross([0;1;0], As(:,i)) , cross(As(:,i), cross([0;1;0], As(:,i))) , As(:,i)]; FRa(:,:,i) = FRa(:,:,i)./vecnorm(FRa(:,:,i)); MRb(:,:,i) = [cross([0;1;0], Bs(:,i)) , cross(Bs(:,i), cross([0;1;0], Bs(:,i))) , Bs(:,i)]; MRb(:,:,i) = MRb(:,:,i)./vecnorm(MRb(:,:,i)); end stewart.geometry.Aa = Aa; stewart.geometry.Ab = Ab; stewart.geometry.Ba = Ba; stewart.geometry.Bb = Bb; stewart.geometry.As = As; stewart.geometry.Bs = Bs; stewart.geometry.l = l; stewart.struts_F.l = l/2; stewart.struts_M.l = l/2; stewart.platform_F.FRa = FRa; stewart.platform_M.MRb = MRb;