Questions tagged [gimbal-lock]
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locations being stored in map manager are inaccurate and ruining overlap validation
https://youtu.be/uKblVWHaqn0 I don't understand why sometimes the sections are deactivating like they should... and sometimes they are not. All I'm trying to do is make sure the maze pieces can't be ...
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Making a parent system with euler angles (gimbal lock problem)
I have a system where objects can be connected to each other - as the parent rotates the child objects will rotate too and child objects themself can rotate too. The system is already working, however,...
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How can I use a redundant axis of rotation to prevent gimbal-lock & calculate a position for that axis?
I have a theodolite-like device that is trying to track a point such that it's "Forward" is always facing that point. Here is a GIF of it working as of now. As expected, when the value of the Red ...
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OpenGL using quaternion to rotate camera to avoid gimbal lock [duplicate]
I read in many sources about using quaternion to avoid gimbal lock but I can't apply this practically in my code, so I have a camera class I want to rotate it with mouse so I have Euler angles Pitch ...
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Unity 3D recreation of Pitch/Roll from accelerometer
I have an accelerometer that is communicating serially to a PC. As I read in the data, I filter it to clean it up and calculate the angle of the pitch and roll. This all works great. Then I want to ...
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How is a gimbal connected with Euler rotation angles?
When I see any video that explains how gimbal lock occurs, they explain it using a gimbal machine and I totally understand the effect on that machine. What I don't understand is how Euler angles are ...
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Visualize quaternion euler angles without gimbal lock
I fusion ACC and GYRO data with Mahony algorithm, and then I want to show a line chart representing roll pitch and yaw to the user, so they can understand the degrees. As you can imagine, gimbal lock ...
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How to avoid Gimbal Lock on Rubik's Cube [duplicate]
I am making a Rubik's cube program. That will simulate a Rubik's cube. I am having problems with gimbal lock. I need to know how to avoid it. To my understanding I can either multiply the x, y, z ...