Struct Jacobian 

pub struct Jacobian { /* private fields */ }

This structure holds Jacobian matrix and provides methods to extract velocity and torgue information from it.

This package provides support for the Jacobian matrix.

The Jacobian matrix, as described here, represents the relationship between the joint velocities and the end-effector velocities:

 | ∂vx/∂θ₁  ∂vx/∂θ₂  ∂vx/∂θ₃  ∂vx/∂θ₄  ∂vx/∂θ₅  ∂vx/∂θ₆ |
 | ∂vy/∂θ₁  ∂vy/∂θ₂  ∂vy/∂θ₃  ∂vy/∂θ₄  ∂vy/∂θ₅  ∂vy/∂θ₆ |
 | ∂vz/∂θ₁  ∂vz/∂θ₂  ∂vz/∂θ₃  ∂vz/∂θ₄  ∂vz/∂θ₅  ∂vz/∂θ₆ |
 | ∂ωx/∂θ₁  ∂ωx/∂θ₂  ∂ωx/∂θ₃  ∂ωx/∂θ₄  ∂ωx/∂θ₅  ∂ωx/∂θ₆ |
 | ∂ωy/∂θ₁  ∂ωy/∂θ₂  ∂ωy/∂θ₃  ∂ωy/∂θ₄  ∂ωy/∂θ₅  ∂ωy/∂θ₆ |
 | ∂ωz/∂θ₁  ∂ωz/∂θ₂  ∂ωz/∂θ₃  ∂ωz/∂θ₄  ∂ωz/∂θ₅  ∂ωz/∂θ₆ |

The first three rows correspond to the linear velocities: vx, vy, vz. The last three rows correspond to the angular velocities: roll (ωx), pitch (ωy), and yaw (ωz). θ₁, θ₂, θ₃, θ₄, θ₅, θ₆ are the joint angles. ∂ denotes a partial derivative.

Implementations

impl Jacobian

pub fn new(robot: &impl Kinematics, qs: &Joints, epsilon: f64) -> Self

Constructs a new Jacobian struct by computing the Jacobian matrix for the given robot and joint configuration

Arguments

• robot - A reference to the robot implementing the Kinematics trait
• qs - A reference to the joint configuration
• epsilon - A small value used for numerical differentiation

Returns

A new instance of Jacobian

pub fn velocities( &self, desired_end_effector_velocity: &Isometry3<f64>, ) -> Result<Joints, &'static str>

Computes the joint velocities required to achieve a desired end-effector velocity:

Q’ = J⁻¹ x’

where Q’ are joint velocities, J⁻¹ is the inverted Jacobian matrix and x’ is the vector of velocities of the tool center point. First 3 components are velocities along x,y and z axis, the other 3 are angular rotation velocities around x (roll), y (pitch) and z (yaw) axis

Arguments

• desired_end_effector_velocity - An Isometry3 representing the desired linear and angular velocity of the end-effector. The x’ vector is extracted from the isometry.

Returns

Result<Joints, &'static str> - Joint positions, with values representing joint velocities rather than angles, or an error message if the computation fails.

This method extracts the linear and angular velocities from the provided Isometry3 and combines them into a single 6D vector. It then computes the joint velocities required to achieve the desired end-effector velocity using the velocities_from_vector method.

pub fn velocities_fixed( &self, vx: f64, vy: f64, vz: f64, ) -> Result<Joints, &'static str>

Computes the joint velocities required to achieve a desired end-effector velocity:

Q’ = J⁻¹ x’

where Q’ are joint velocities, J⁻¹ is the inverted Jacobian matrix and x’ is the vector of velocities of the tool center point. First 3 components are velocities along x,y and z axis. The remaining 3 are angular rotation velocities are assumed to be zero.

Arguments

• vx, vy, vz - x, y and z components of end effector velocity (linear).

Returns

Result<Joints, &'static str> - Joint positions, with values representing joint velocities rather than angles or an error message if the computation fails.

pub fn velocities_from_vector( &self, X: &Vector6<f64>, ) -> Result<Joints, &'static str>

Computes the joint velocities required to achieve a desired end-effector velocity:

Q’ = J⁻¹ X’

where Q’ are joint velocities, J⁻¹ is the inverted Jacobian matrix and x’ is the vector of velocities of the tool center point. First 3 components are velocities along x,y and z axis, the other 3 are angular rotation velocities around x (roll), y (pitch) and z (yaw) axis

Arguments

• X' - A 6D vector representing the desired linear and angular velocity of the end-effector as defined above.

Returns

Result<Joints, &'static str> - Joint positions, with values representing joint velocities rather than angles, or an error message if the computation fails.

This method tries to compute the joint velocities using the inverse of the Jacobian matrix. If the Jacobian matrix is not invertible, it falls back to using the pseudoinverse.

pub fn torques(&self, desired_force_isometry: &Isometry3<f64>) -> Joints

Computes the joint torques required to achieve a desired end-effector force/torque This function computes

t = JᵀF

where Jᵀ is transposed Jacobian as defined above and f is the desired force vector that is extracted from the passed Isometry3.

Arguments

• desired_force_torque - isometry structure representing forces (in Newtons, N) and torgues (in Newton - meters, Nm) rather than dimensions and angles.

Returns

Joint positions, with values representing joint torques, or an error message if the computation fails.

pub fn torques_from_vector(&self, F: &Vector6<f64>) -> Joints

Computes the joint torques required to achieve a desired end-effector force/torque This function computes

t = JᵀF

where Jᵀ is transposed Jacobian as defined above and f is the desired force and torgue vector. The first 3 components are forces along x, y and z in Newtons, the other 3 components are rotations around x (roll), y (pitch) and z (yaw) axis in Newton meters.

Arguments

• F - A 6D vector representing the desired force and torque at the end-effector as explained above.

Returns

Joint positions, with values representing joint torques, or an error message if the computation fails.