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2011 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
2. Estimating Motors from a Variety of Geometric Data in 3D Conformal Geometric Algebra
Authors : Robert Valkenburg, Leo Dorst
Published in: Guide to Geometric Algebra in Practice
Publisher: Springer London
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Abstract
The motion rotors, or motors, are used to model Euclidean motion in 3D conformal geometric algebra. In this chapter we present a technique for estimating the motor which best transforms one set of noisy geometric objects onto another. The technique reduces to an eigenrotator problem and has some advantages over matrix formulations. It allows motors to be estimated from a variety of geometric data such as points, spheres, circles, lines, planes, directions, and tangents; and the different types of geometric data are combined naturally in a single framework. Also, it excludes the possibility of a reflection unlike some matrix formulations. It returns the motor with the smallest translation and rotation angle when the optimal motor is not unique.