RobotStudio/robot/Octave/@SerialLink/fkine.m
%SerialLink.fkine  Forward kinematics
%
% T = R.fkine(Q) is the pose of the robot end-effector as a homogeneous
% transformation for the joint configuration Q.  For an N-axis manipulator 
% Q is an N-vector.
% 
% If Q is a matrix, the M rows are interpretted as the generalized 
% joint coordinates for a sequence of points along a trajectory.  Q(i,j) is
% the j'th joint parameter for the i'th trajectory point.  In this case
% it returns a 4x4xM matrix where the last subscript is the index
% along the path.
%
% Note::
% - The robot's base or tool transform, if present, are incorporated into the
%   result.
%
% See also SerialLink.ikine, SerialLink.ikine6s.

% Ryan Steindl based on Robotics Toolbox for MATLAB (v6 and v9)
%
% Copyright (C) 1993-2011, by Peter I. Corke
%
% This file is part of The Robotics Toolbox for MATLAB (RTB).
% 
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% 
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% 
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%
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function t = fkine(robot, q)
	%
	% evaluate fkine for each point on a trajectory of 
	% theta_i or q_i data
	%

	n = robot.n;

	L = robot.links;
	if numel(q) == n
		t = robot.base;
		for i=1:n
			t = t * L(i).A(q(i));
		end
		t = t * robot.tool;
	else
		if numcols(q) ~= n
			error('q must have %d columns', n)
		end
		t = zeros(4,4,0);
		for qv=q',		% for each trajectory point
			tt = robot.base;
			for i=1:n
				tt = tt * L(i).A(qv(i));
			end
			t = cat(3, t, tt * robot.tool);
		end
	end

    %robot.T = t;
    %robot.notify('Moved');
