Yaw constraint#

The YawConstraint can be used to constrain the yaw of the x-axis of frame B with respect to the z-axis of frame A.

Creating the constraint#

You can use the add_yaw_constraint() method on the solver to create a yaw constraint:

# Creating a yaw constraint between the base and the effector frames
# Effector x-axis must have a yaw within 0.4 radians of the base z-axis of frame B
yaw_constraint = solver.add_yaw_constraint("base", "effector", 0.4)
yaw_constraint.configure("yaw", "hard")

This will constrain the x-axis of the effector frame to be within 0.4 radians of the z-axis of the base frame.

Updating the constraint#

The constraint angle can be updated by setting the angle_max property:

# Update the constraint angle
yaw_constraint.angle_max = 0.5

Example#

In the following example, a spherical parallel manipulator is rotated with a yaw constraint enforcing it to stay within 0.4 radians of the base frame’s z-axis:

Orbita 3-axis parallel rotation (yaw constraint)

Example code: kinematics/orbita_yaw.py