quaternion.h

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#ifndef CQUATERNION_H
#define CQUATERNION_H
 
#include <argos3/core/utility/math/vector3.h>
#include <argos3/core/utility/math/matrix/rotationmatrix3.h>
 
namespace argos {
 
   class CQuaternion {
 
   public:
      CQuaternion() {
         m_fValues[0] = 1.0;
         m_fValues[1] = 0.0;
         m_fValues[2] = 0.0;
         m_fValues[3] = 0.0;
      }
 
      CQuaternion(const CQuaternion& c_quaternion) {
         *this = c_quaternion;
      }
 
      CQuaternion(Real f_real,
                  Real f_img1,
                  Real f_img2,
                  Real f_img3) {
         m_fValues[0] = f_real;
         m_fValues[1] = f_img1;
         m_fValues[2] = f_img2;
         m_fValues[3] = f_img3;
      }
 
      CQuaternion(const CRadians& c_radians,
                  const CVector3& c_vector3) {
         FromAngleAxis(c_radians, c_vector3);
      }
 
      inline CQuaternion(const CVector3& c_vector1,
                         const CVector3& c_vector2) {
         BetweenTwoVectors(c_vector1, c_vector2);
      }
 
      inline Real GetW() const {
         return m_fValues[0];
      }
 
      inline Real GetX() const {
         return m_fValues[1];
      }
 
      inline Real GetY() const {
         return m_fValues[2];
      }
 
      inline Real GetZ() const {
         return m_fValues[3];
      }
 
      inline void SetW(Real f_w) {
         m_fValues[0] = f_w;
      }
 
      inline void SetX(Real f_x) {
         m_fValues[1] = f_x;
      }
 
      inline void SetY(Real f_y) {
         m_fValues[2] = f_y;
      }
 
      inline void SetZ(Real f_z) {
         m_fValues[3] = f_z;
      }
 
      inline void Set(Real f_w,
                      Real f_x,
                      Real f_y,
                      Real f_z) {
         m_fValues[0] = f_w;
         m_fValues[1] = f_x;
         m_fValues[2] = f_y;
         m_fValues[3] = f_z;
      }
 
      inline CQuaternion Conjugate() const {
         return CQuaternion(m_fValues[0],
                            -m_fValues[1],
                            -m_fValues[2],
                            -m_fValues[3]);
      }
 
      inline CQuaternion Inverse() const {
         return CQuaternion(m_fValues[0],
                            -m_fValues[1],
                            -m_fValues[2],
                            -m_fValues[3]);
      }
 
      inline Real Length() const {
         return ::sqrt(SquareLength());
      }
 
      inline Real SquareLength() const {
         return
            Square(m_fValues[0]) +
            Square(m_fValues[1]) +
            Square(m_fValues[2]) +
            Square(m_fValues[3]);
      }
 
      inline CQuaternion& Normalize() {
         Real fInvLength = 1.0 / Length();
         m_fValues[0] *= fInvLength;
         m_fValues[1] *= fInvLength;
         m_fValues[2] *= fInvLength;
         m_fValues[3] *= fInvLength;
         return *this;
      }
 
      inline CQuaternion& FromAngleAxis(const CRadians& c_angle,
                                        const CVector3& c_vector) {
         CRadians cHalfAngle = c_angle * 0.5;
         Real fSin, fCos;
#ifdef ARGOS_SINCOS
         SinCos(cHalfAngle, fSin, fCos);
#else
         fSin = Sin(cHalfAngle);
         fCos = Cos(cHalfAngle);
#endif
         m_fValues[0] = fCos;
         m_fValues[1] = c_vector.GetX() * fSin;
         m_fValues[2] = c_vector.GetY() * fSin;
         m_fValues[3] = c_vector.GetZ() * fSin;
         return *this;
      }
 
      inline void ToAngleAxis(CRadians& c_angle,
                              CVector3& c_vector) const {
         Real fSquareLength =
            Square(m_fValues[1]) +
            Square(m_fValues[2]) +
            Square(m_fValues[3]);
         if(fSquareLength > 0.0f) {
            c_angle = 2.0f * ACos(m_fValues[0]);
            Real fInvLength = 1.0f / ::sqrt(fSquareLength);
            c_vector.Set(m_fValues[1] * fInvLength,
                         m_fValues[2] * fInvLength,
                         m_fValues[3] * fInvLength);
         }
         else {
            /* By default, to ease the support of robot orientation, no rotation refers to the Z axis */
            c_angle = CRadians::ZERO;
            c_vector = CVector3::Z;
         }
      }
 
      inline CQuaternion& FromEulerAngles(const CRadians& c_z_angle,
                                          const CRadians& c_y_angle,
                                          const CRadians& c_x_angle) {
         (*this) = CQuaternion(c_x_angle, CVector3::X) *
            CQuaternion(c_y_angle, CVector3::Y) *
            CQuaternion(c_z_angle, CVector3::Z);
         return (*this);
      }
 
      inline void ToEulerAngles(CRadians& c_z_angle,
                                CRadians& c_y_angle,
                                CRadians& c_x_angle) const {
         /* With the ZYX convention, gimbal lock happens when
            cos(y_angle) = 0, that is when y_angle = +- pi/2
            In this condition, the Z and X axis overlap and we
            lose one degree of freedom. It's a problem of the
            Euler representation of rotations that is not
            present when we deal with quaternions.
            For reasons of speed, we consider gimbal lock
            happened when fTest > 0.499 and when fTest < -0.499.
         */
         /* Computed to understand if we have gimbal lock or not */
         Real fTest =
            m_fValues[1] * m_fValues[3] +
            m_fValues[0] * m_fValues[2];
 
         if(fTest > 0.49999f) {
            /* Gimbal lock */
            c_x_angle = CRadians::ZERO;
            c_y_angle = CRadians::PI_OVER_TWO;
            c_z_angle = ATan2(2.0f * (m_fValues[1] * m_fValues[2] + m_fValues[0] * m_fValues[3]),
                              1.0f - 2.0f * (m_fValues[1] * m_fValues[1] + m_fValues[3] * m_fValues[3]));
         }
         else if(fTest < -0.49999f) {
            /* Gimbal lock */
            c_x_angle = CRadians::ZERO;
            c_y_angle = -CRadians::PI_OVER_TWO;
            c_z_angle = ATan2(2.0f * (m_fValues[1] * m_fValues[2] + m_fValues[0] * m_fValues[3]),
                              1.0f - 2.0f * (m_fValues[1] * m_fValues[1] + m_fValues[3] * m_fValues[3]));
         }
         else {
            /* Normal case */
            Real fSqValues[4] = {
               Square(m_fValues[0]),
               Square(m_fValues[1]),
               Square(m_fValues[2]),
               Square(m_fValues[3])
            };
            
            c_x_angle = ATan2(2.0 * (m_fValues[0] * m_fValues[1] - m_fValues[2] * m_fValues[3]),
                              fSqValues[0] - fSqValues[1] - fSqValues[2] + fSqValues[3]);
            c_y_angle = ASin(2.0 * (m_fValues[1] * m_fValues[3] + m_fValues[0] * m_fValues[2]));
            c_z_angle = ATan2(2.0 * (m_fValues[0] * m_fValues[3] - m_fValues[1] * m_fValues[2]),
                              fSqValues[0] + fSqValues[1] - fSqValues[2] - fSqValues[3]);
         }
      }
 
      inline CQuaternion& BetweenTwoVectors(const CVector3& c_vector1,
                                            const CVector3& c_vector2) {
         Real fProd =
            c_vector1.DotProduct(c_vector2) /
            Sqrt(c_vector1.SquareLength() * c_vector2.SquareLength());
         if(fProd > 0.999999f) {
            /* The two vectors are parallel, no rotation */
            m_fValues[0] = 1.0;
            m_fValues[1] = 0.0;
            m_fValues[2] = 0.0;
            m_fValues[3] = 0.0;
         }
         else if(fProd < -0.999999f) {
            /* The two vectors are anti-parallel */
            /* We need to set an arbitrary rotation axis */
            /* To find it, we calculate the cross product of c_vector1 with either X or Y,
               depending on which is not coplanar with c_vector1 */
            CVector3 cRotAxis = c_vector1;
            if(Abs(c_vector1.DotProduct(CVector3::X)) < 0.999999) {
               /* Use the X axis */
               cRotAxis.CrossProduct(CVector3::X);
            }
            else {
               /* Use the Y axis */
               cRotAxis.CrossProduct(CVector3::Y);
            }
            /* The wanted quaternion is a rotation around cRotAxis by 180 degrees */
            FromAngleAxis(CRadians::PI, cRotAxis);
         }
         else {
            /* The two vectors are not parallel nor anti-parallel */
            m_fValues[0] = Sqrt(c_vector1.SquareLength() * c_vector2.SquareLength()) + fProd;
            CVector3 cCrossProd(c_vector1);
            cCrossProd.CrossProduct(c_vector2);
            m_fValues[1] = cCrossProd.GetX();
            m_fValues[2] = cCrossProd.GetY();
            m_fValues[3] = cCrossProd.GetZ();
            Normalize();
         }
         return *this;
      }
 
      inline bool operator==(const CQuaternion& c_quaternion) {
         return (m_fValues[0] == c_quaternion.m_fValues[0] &&
                 m_fValues[1] == c_quaternion.m_fValues[1] &&
                 m_fValues[2] == c_quaternion.m_fValues[2] &&
                 m_fValues[3] == c_quaternion.m_fValues[3]);
      }      
 
      inline CQuaternion& operator=(const CQuaternion& c_quaternion) {
         if (&c_quaternion != this) {
            m_fValues[0] = c_quaternion.m_fValues[0];
            m_fValues[1] = c_quaternion.m_fValues[1];
            m_fValues[2] = c_quaternion.m_fValues[2];
            m_fValues[3] = c_quaternion.m_fValues[3];
         }
         return *this;
      }
 
      inline CQuaternion& operator+=(const CQuaternion& c_quaternion) {
         m_fValues[0] += c_quaternion.m_fValues[0];
         m_fValues[1] += c_quaternion.m_fValues[1];
         m_fValues[2] += c_quaternion.m_fValues[2];
         m_fValues[3] += c_quaternion.m_fValues[3];
         return *this;
      }
 
      inline CQuaternion& operator-=(const CQuaternion& c_quaternion) {
         m_fValues[0] -= c_quaternion.m_fValues[0];
         m_fValues[1] -= c_quaternion.m_fValues[1];
         m_fValues[2] -= c_quaternion.m_fValues[2];
         m_fValues[3] -= c_quaternion.m_fValues[3];
         return *this;
      }
 
      inline CQuaternion& operator*=(const CQuaternion& c_quaternion) {
         Real newv[4];
         newv[0] = m_fValues[0] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[0] -
            m_fValues[1] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[1] -
            m_fValues[2] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[2] -
            m_fValues[3] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[3];
         newv[1] = m_fValues[0] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[1] +
            m_fValues[1] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[0] +
            m_fValues[2] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[3] -
            m_fValues[3] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[2];
         newv[2] = m_fValues[0] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[2] -
            m_fValues[1] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[3] +
            m_fValues[2] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[0] +
            m_fValues[3] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[1];
         newv[3] = m_fValues[0] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[3] +
            m_fValues[1] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[2] -
            m_fValues[2] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[1] +
            m_fValues[3] * c_quaternion.m_fValues[0];
         m_fValues[0] = newv[0];
         m_fValues[1] = newv[1];
         m_fValues[2] = newv[2];
         m_fValues[3] = newv[3];
         return *this;
      }
 
      inline CQuaternion operator+(const CQuaternion& c_quaternion) const {
         CQuaternion result(*this);
         result += c_quaternion;
         return result;
      }
 
      inline CQuaternion operator-(const CQuaternion& c_quaternion) const {
         CQuaternion result(*this);
         result -= c_quaternion;
         return result;
      }
 
      inline CQuaternion operator*(const CQuaternion& c_quaternion) const {
         CQuaternion result(*this);
         result *= c_quaternion;
         return result;
      }
 
      operator CRotationMatrix3() const {
         Real fS = 2.0f / SquareLength();
         Real fXS = m_fValues[1] * fS;  Real fYS = m_fValues[2] * fS;  Real fZS = m_fValues[3] * fS;
         Real fWX = m_fValues[0] * fXS; Real fWY = m_fValues[0] * fYS; Real fWZ = m_fValues[0] * fZS;
         Real fXX = m_fValues[1] * fXS; Real fXY = m_fValues[1] * fYS; Real fXZ = m_fValues[1] * fZS;
         Real fYY = m_fValues[2] * fYS; Real fYZ = m_fValues[2] * fZS; Real fZZ = m_fValues[3] * fZS;
         /* return a new rotation matrix */
         return CRotationMatrix3(1.0f - (fYY + fZZ), fXY - fWZ, fXZ + fWY,
                                 fXY + fWZ, 1.0f - (fXX + fZZ), fYZ - fWX,
                                 fXZ - fWY, fYZ + fWX, 1.0f - (fXX + fYY));
      }
 
      inline friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& c_os, const CQuaternion& c_quaternion) {
         CRadians cZAngle, cYAngle, cXAngle;
         c_quaternion.ToEulerAngles(cZAngle, cYAngle, cXAngle);        
         c_os << ToDegrees(cZAngle).GetValue() << ","
              << ToDegrees(cYAngle).GetValue() << ","
              << ToDegrees(cXAngle).GetValue();
         return c_os;
      }
      
      inline friend std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& c_is, CQuaternion& c_quaternion) {
         Real fValues[3];
         ParseValues<Real>(c_is, 3, fValues, ',');
         c_quaternion.FromEulerAngles(ToRadians(CDegrees(fValues[0])),
                                      ToRadians(CDegrees(fValues[1])), 
                                      ToRadians(CDegrees(fValues[2])));
         return c_is;
      }
 
   private:
 
      Real m_fValues[4];
   };
 
}
 
#endif