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Coordinate System

Global Frame

The global frame is such that the x,y origin is at the pinger, and z=0 is at the surface. Positive z is up. Yaw is relative to magnetic north. Pitch and Roll are relative to the gravity vector.

Axes

  • X+ - front of the sub
  • Y+ - left of the sub
  • Z+ - above the sub

Rotations

  • Yaw+ - Counterclockwise around Z+ axis (this is opposite of magnetic) (Yaw Left positive)
  • Roll+ - Counterclockwise around X+ axis (Roll Right is positive)
  • Pitch+ - Counterclockwise around Y+ axis (Pitch Down is positive)

TF Frames

  • world - Global frame defined above
  • cobalt - The frame defining the sub's orientation relative to the world frame based upon the localization node output.
  • cobalt_sim - The frame defining the sub's orientation relative to the world frame based upon Gazebo's output.

TF Graph

A visual representation of the TF tree will be placed here in future.