RobotStudio/robot/Octave/@SerialLink/isspherical.m

% Ryan Steindl based on Robotics Toolbox for MATLAB (v6 and v9)
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function v = isspherical(r)
%SerialLink.isspherical Test for spherical wrist
%
% R.isspherical() is true if the robot has a spherical wrist, that is, the 
% last 3 axes intersect at a point.
%
% See also SerialLink.ikine6s.
	L = r.links(end-2:end);

	v = false;
	if ~isempty( find( [L(1).a L(2).a L(3).a L(2).d L(3).d] ~= 0 ))
		return
	end

	if (abs(L(1).alpha) == pi/2) & (abs(L(1).alpha + L(2).alpha) < eps)
		v = true;
		return;
	end
end
        
