scikit-kinematics - Documentation
=================================

*scikit-kinematics* is a library for scientific data analysis, with a focus on 3d
kinematics.

It is hosted under https://github.com/thomas-haslwanter/scikit-kinematics, and contains the following modules:

*imus*  Analysis routines for IMU-recordings
    - calculation of orientation from velocity, recorded with IMUs or
      space-fixed systems (four different algorithms are implemente here:

      - simple quaternion integration
      - a quaternion Kalman filter
      - Madgwick's algorithm
      - Mahony's algorithm

    - calculation of position and orientation from IMU-signals
    - The sub-directory *sensors* contains utility to import in data from *xio*, *XSens*, and *yei* system

*markers*  Analysis routines for 3D movements from marker-based video recordings
    - a function that takes recordings from video-systems (e.g. Optotrak)
      and calculates position and orientation
    - calculation of joint movements from marker recordings

*quat*  Functions for working with quaternions:
    - quaternion multiplication, inversion, conjugate
    - conversions to rotation matrices, axis angles, vectors
    - a *Quaternion* class, including operator overloading for multiplication
      and division
    - also work on data arrays

*rotmat*  Functions for working with rotation matrices
    - rotation matrices for rotations about the x-, y-, and z-axis
    - symbolic rotation matrices
    - conversions to Euler, Fick, Helmholtz angles

*vector*  Functions for working with vectors
    - angle between vectors
    - Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization
    - projection
    - normalization
    - rotation
    - also work on data arrays

*view*  Visualization of time-series data, and of 3D orientations

.. figure:: _static/viewer_large.png
    :scale: 35%

    Interactively analyze time-series data.

.. figure:: _static/orientation_viewer.png
    :scale: 25%

    Visualize 3D orientations.

Installation
------------

The simplest way to install *skinematics* is a two-step process

>>> pip install git+https://github.com/thomas-haslwanter/easygui
>>> pip install scikit-kinematics

(The first step is required since the current PyPi version of *easygui* is not
Python 3 compatible.)
For upgrading to the latest version, you have to type

>>> pip install scikit-kinematics -U

However, you can also install from the source files. To do this, just go to
the root directory of the package, and type

>>> python setup.py install

**Note**: After *skinematics* is installed, I typically import it in
*Python* with:

>>> import skinematics as skin

Dependencies
^^^^^^^^^^^^
numpy, scipy, matplotlib, pandas, sympy, easygui

Testing
-------

The easiest way to test the package is with *unittest*. Open a terminal,
and type (on the command-line!):

>>> cd [_your_installation_dir_]\skinematics\tests
>>> python -m unittest

Modules
-------

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   quat
   rotmat
   imus
   markers
   vector
   view


Indices and tables
------------------

* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`

.. note::
    | *Author:*     Thomas Haslwanter
    | *Version:*    0.3.5
    | *Date:*       Nov 2016
    | *email:*      thomas.haslwanter@fh-linz.at
    | *Copyright (c):*      2016, Thomas Haslwanter. All rights reserved.
    | *Licence:*    This work is licensed under the `BSD 2-Clause License <http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause>`_

