My recommendation...

Introduction to Robotics
CRAIG
Addison
2nd edition

Teaches you everything you ever needs to know about mappings of matrixes,
trajectory generations, forces, etc..

However, it is more geared towards the math involved in creating a arm-like
manipulator.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dipl. Ing. Paul Szawlowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 4:35 AM
Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Transform3D with both rotation and translation


> Try a book on omputer graphics like
> A. Watt
> 3D Computer Graphics
> Addison Wesley
> ISBN 0-201-63186-5
>
> or any text book on linear algebra.
>
> Allan Bredahl schrieb:
>
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> > But my problem is, that I have never been tought the ways of using a
matrix
> > as rotation of an object, and I can't seem to get the idea.
> >
> > Is there anywhere I can get this explaination, since it isn't mentioned
in
> > the J3D tutorial  ?
> >
> > Allan Bredahl
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brunner Cedric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 9:07 AM
> > Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Transform3D with both rotation and translation
> >
> > > Allan Bredahl wrote:
> > >
> > > > HI all
> > > >
> > > > I'm construction a simple behavior to move and rotate an object.
> > > >
> > > > My problem is that I want to both rotate and translate a
TransformGroup.
> > > >
> > > > How is it possible to make one Transform3D do both rotation and
> > translation,
> > > > or is it possible to add more than one Transform3D to a
TransformGroup
> > > >
> > > > thanks in advance
> > > >
> > > > Allan Bredahl
> > > >
> > > >
> >
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> > > Hi Allan,
> > >
> > > you can do the both (translation and rotation) in one Transform3D with
> > this
> > > method :
> > >
> > > public Transform3D(Matrix3f m1,
> > >                    Vector3f t1,
> > >                    float s)
> > >
> > >      Constructs and initializes a transform from the rotation matrix,
> > > translation, and scale values. The scale is applied only to the
rotational
> > > components of the
> > >      matrix (upper 3x3) and not to the translational components of the
> > matrix.
> > >      Parameters:
> > >           m1 - the rotation matrix representing the rotational
component
> > >           t1 - the translational component of the matrix
> > >           s - the scale value applied to the rotational components
> > >
> > > The scale could probably be set to 1 in your case.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Cédric Brunner
> > >
> > >
> >
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