Smooth Interpolation of Orientations

The problem of smoothly interpolating between a given sequence of orientations is discussed. Methods of representing orientations are described and some of the more interesting and useful properties of orientation matrices, SO(3), are covered. It is shown how quaternions relate to this problem and several methods of smoothly interpolating quaternions are presented.

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