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The Toolbox provides functions for manipulating and converting between datatypes such as vectors, [[Transformation matrix|homogeneous transformations]], [[roll-pitch-yaw]] and [[Euler angle|Euler]] angles, [[axis-angle representation]], [[Quaternion|unit-quaternions]], and [[Screw theory#Twist|twists]], which are necessary to represent 3-dimensional position and orientation. It also plots coordinate frames, supports [[Plücker coordinates]] to represent lines, and provides support for [[Lie group]] operations such as logarithm, exponentiation, and conversions to and from [[skew-symmetric matrix]] form.

As the basis of the exercises in several textbooks, the Toolbox is useful for the study and simulation of:<ref>{{cite book|title=A Survey and Comparison of Commercial and Open-Source Robotic Simulator Software|last=Straanowicz|first=Aaron|author2=Gian Luca Mariottini|journaltitle=Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on PervasivePErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments |chapter=A survey and comparison of commercial and open-source robotic simulator software |year=2011|isbn=9781450307727|pages=11–8|citeseerx=10.1.1.369.3980|doi=10.1145/2141622.2141689|s2cid=247128}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Nourdine|first=Aliane|date=September 2011|title=Teaching fundamentals of robotics to computer scientists|journal=Computer Applications in Engineering Education|volume=19|issue=3|pages=615–620|doi=10.1002/cae.20342|s2cid=19389930}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Robotics, Vision & Control|last=Corke|first=Peter|publisher=Springer|year=2017|isbn=978-3-319-54412-0|edition=2nd}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.petercorke.com/rvc|title=Robotics, Vision & Control|last=Corke|first=Peter|publisher=Springer|year=2011|isbn=978-3-642-20143-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Introduction to Robotics|last=Craig|first=John|publisher=Prentice-Hall|year=2004|edition=3rd}}</ref>

* classical arm-type robotics: [[kinematics]], [[Dynamics (mechanics)|dynamics]], and [[Trajectory|trajectory generation]]. The Toolbox uses a very general method of representing the kinematics and dynamics of serial-link manipulators using [[Denavit-Hartenberg parameters]] or [[Denavit–Hartenberg_parametersDenavit–Hartenberg parameters#Modified_DH_parametersModified DH parameters|modified Denavit-Hartenberg parameters]]. These parameters are encapsulated in [[MATLAB]] [[Object (computer science)|objects]]. Robot objects can be created by the user for any serial-link manipulator; a number of examples are provided for well known robots such as the [[Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly|Puma 560]] and the Stanford arm amongst others. Operations include [[forward kinematics]], analytic and numerical [[inverse kinematics]], graphical rendering, manipulator Jacobian, [[inverse dynamics]], forward dynamics, and simple path planning. It can operate with symbolic values as well as numeric, and provides a [[Simulink]] blockset.

*Ground robots and includes: standard path planning algorithms (bug, [[distance transform]], [[D*]], and [[Probabilistic roadmap|PRM]]), lattice planning, kinodynamic planning ([[Rapidly exploring random tree|RRT]]), localization ([[Extended Kalman filter|EKF]], [[particle filter]]), map building ([[Extended Kalman filter|EKF]]) and [[simultaneous localization and mapping]] (using an [[Extended Kalman filter|EKF]] or graph-based method), and a [[Simulink]] model of a non-holonomic vehicle.

* Flying [[quadrotor]] robots, and includes a detailed [[Simulink]] model.

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The Robotics System Toolbox for MATLAB<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robotics System Toolbox |url=https://www.mathworks.com/products/robotics.html |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=www.mathworks.com |language=en}}</ref> is proprietary software published by [[MathWorks]] which includes support for robot manipulators and mobile robotics. Its functionality significantly overlaps that of the Robotics Toolbox for MATLAB but the programming model is quite different.

The Robotics Toolbox for Python is a reimplementation of the Robotics Toolbox for MATLAB for Python 3.<ref>{{Cite journalbook |last1=Corke |first1=Peter |last2=Haviland |first2=Jesse |datetitle=2021-05-30 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) |titlechapter=Not your grandmother's toolbox – the Robotics Toolbox reinvented for Python |date=2021-05-30 |chapter-url=https://ieeexploreeprints.ieeequt.orgedu.au/document229002/9561366 |journal=2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)1/107291254.pdf |___location=Xi'an, China |publisher=IEEE |pages=11357–11363 |doi=10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9561366 |isbn=978-1-7281-9077-8|s2cid=239037868 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Corke |first=Peter |title=Robotics Toolbox for Python |date=2022-07-23 |url=https://github.com/petercorke/robotics-toolbox-python |access-date=2022-07-23}}</ref> Its functionality is a superset of the Robotics Toolbox for MATLAB, the programming model is similar, and it supports additional methods to define a serial link manipulator including URDF and elementary transform sequences.

== See also ==

*[[Robot_softwareRobot software#Robotics_Software_ProjectsRobotics Software Projects|Robotics software projects]]

*[[Robotics simulator]]

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* [https://github.com/petercorke/robotics-toolbox-python Toolbox description on Open Hub]

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