• DocumentCode
    921146
  • Title

    Quaternion kinematic and dynamic differential equations

  • Author

    Chou, Jack C K

  • Author_Institution
    Erik Jonsson Sch. of Eng. & Comput. Sci., Texas Univ., Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    2/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    53
  • Lastpage
    64
  • Abstract
    Many useful identities pertaining to quaternion multiplications are generalized. Among them multiplicative commutativity is the most powerful. Since quaternion space includes the 3D vector space, the physical quantities related to rotations, such as angular displacement, velocity, acceleration, and momentum, are shown to be vector quaternions, and their expressions in quaternion space are derived. These kinematic and dynamic differential equations are further shown to be invertible due to the fact that they are written in quaternion space, and the highest order term of the rotation parameters can be expressed explicitly in closed form
  • Keywords
    differential equations; dynamics; kinematics; vectors; 3D vector space; acceleration; angular displacement; dynamic differential equations; momentum; multiplicative commutativity; quaternion kinematic differential equations; quaternion multiplications; rotations; vector quaternions; velocity; Acceleration; Algebra; Application software; Differential equations; Lifting equipment; Orbital robotics; Quaternions; Robot kinematics; Springs; Trajectory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1042-296X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/70.127239
  • Filename
    127239