[Rock-dev] Fwd: OrientationView Widget - Unclear coordinate system

[Janosch Machowinski]

Hey,
ít is known, that the orientaiton view still follows Y-Forward.
There should be an option X-Forward or something.
For the picture, I would say the 'horizon' is wrong.
Greetings
     Janosch


Am 15.10.2012 10:20, schrieb Javier Hidalgo Carrió:
> Here a picture of the inconsistency of these frames in rock.
>
> Javier.
>
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	[Rock-dev] OrientationView Widget - Unclear coordinate system
> Date: 	Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:06:38 +0200
> From: 	Javier Hidalgo Carrió <javier.hidalgo_carrio at dfki.de>
> Organization: 	DFKI - Robotics Innovation Center
> To: 	rock-dev at dfki.de
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> The OrientationView Widget of rock does not follow the standard rock
> coordinate frame. (x pointing forward, y pointing left and z pointing
> up) and the right-handed positive rotation.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_coordinate_system#In_three_dimensions
>
> For example, if we have a negative pitch angle (along Y-axis) following
> right-handle positive rotation the widget should depict the pitch up
> w.r.t a level position (because is negative) and right now the
> representation is down.
>
> Could someone verify this and tell us where is this representation made?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Javier.
>
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