Gimbal lock
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gimbal-lock-284-16248135
title:
Gimbal lock
text:
Gimbal lock is the loss of one degree of freedom in a multi-dimensional mechanism at certain alignments of the axes. In a three-dimensional three-gimbal mechanism, gimbal lock occurs when the axes of two of the gimbals are driven into a parallel configuration, "locking" the system into rotation in a degenerate two-dimensional space. The term gimbal-lock can be misleading in the sense that none of the individual gimbals are actually restrained. All three gimbals can still rotate freely about thei
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Loss of one degree of freedom in a three-dimensional, three-gimbal mechanism
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimbal_lock
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2024-03-22T08:03:47Z
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