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%SerialLink.MANIPLTY Manipulability measure
%
% M = R.maniplty(Q, OPTIONS) is the manipulability index measure for the robot
% at the joint configuration Q.  It indicates dexterity, that is, how isotropic 
% the robot's motion is with respect to the 6 degrees of Cartesian motion.
% The measure is high when the manipulator is capable of equal motion in all
% directions and low when the manipulator is close to a singularity.
%
% If Q is a matrix (MxN) then M (Mx1) is a vector of  manipulability 
% indices for each pose specified by a row of Q.
%
% [M,CI] = R.maniplty(Q, OPTIONS) as above, but for the case of the Asada
% measure returns the Cartesian inertia matrix CI.
%
% Two measures can be selected:
% - Yoshikawa's manipulability measure is based on the shape of the velocity
%   ellipsoid and depends only on kinematic parameters.
% - Asada's manipulability measure is based on the shape of the acceleration
%   ellipsoid which in turn is a function of the Cartesian inertia matrix and
%   the dynamic parameters.  The scalar measure computed here is the ratio of 
%   the smallest/largest ellipsoid axis.  Ideally the ellipsoid would be 
%   spherical, giving a ratio of 1, but in practice will be less than 1.
%
% Options::
% 'T'           manipulability for transational motion only (default)
% 'R'           manipulability for rotational motion only
% 'all'         manipulability for all motions
% 'dof',D       D is a vector (1x6) with non-zero elements if the
%               corresponding DOF is to be included for manipulability
% 'yoshikawa'   use Yoshikawa algorithm (default)
% 'asada'       use Asada algorithm
%
% Notes::
% - By default the measure includes rotational and translational dexterity, but
%   this involves adding different units.  It can be more useful to look at the
%   translational and rotational manipulability separately.
%
% References::
%
% - Analysis and control of robot manipulators with redundancy,
%   T. Yoshikawa,
%   Robotics Research: The First International Symposium (M. Brady and R. Paul, eds.),
%   pp. 735-747, The MIT press, 1984.
% - A geometrical representation of manipulator dynamics and its application to 
%   arm design,
%   H. Asada, 
%   Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control,
%   vol. 105, p. 131, 1983.
%
% See also SerialLink.inertia, SerialLink.jacob0.



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%TODO
% return the ellipsoid?

function [w,mx] = maniplty(robot, q, varargin)

    opt.method = {'yoshikawa', 'asada'};
    opt.axes = {'T', 'all', 'R'};
    opt.dof = [];

    opt = tb_optparse(opt, varargin);
    
    if isempty(opt.dof)
        switch opt.axes
            case 'T'
                dof = [1 1 1 0 0 0];
            case 'R'
                dof = [0 0 0 1 1 1];
            case 'all'
                dof = [1 1 1 1 1 1];
        end
    else
        dof = opt.dof;
    end
    
    opt.dof = logical(dof);

    if strcmp(opt.method, 'yoshikawa')
        w = zeros(numrows(q),1);
        for i=1:numrows(q)
            w(i) = yoshi(robot, q(i,:), opt);
        end
    elseif strcmp(opt.method, 'asada')
        w = zeros(numrows(q),1);
        if nargout > 1
            dof = sum(opt.dof);
            MX = zeros(dof,dof,numrows(q));
            for i=1:numrows(q)
                [ww,mm] = asada(robot, q(i,:), opt);
                w(i) = ww;
                MX(:,:,i) = mm;
            end
        else
            for i=1:numrows(q)
                w(i) = asada(robot, q(i,:), opt);
            end
        end
    end

    if nargout > 1
        mx = MX;
    end

function m = yoshi(robot, q, opt)
    J = robot.jacob0(q);
    
    J = J(opt.dof,:);
    m = sqrt(det(J * J'));

function [m, mx] = asada(robot, q, opt)
    J = robot.jacob0(q);
    
    if rank(J) < 6
        warning('robot is in degenerate configuration')
        m = 0;
        return;
    end

    Ji = pinv(J);
    M = robot.inertia(q);
    Mx = Ji' * M * Ji;
    d = find(opt.dof);
    Mx = Mx(d,d);
    e = eig(Mx);
    m = min(e) / max(e);

    if nargout > 1
        mx = Mx;
    end