quaternion2rotation.m

% QUATERNION2ROTATION - Quaternion to a 3x3  rotation matrix
%
%  Usage:  T = quaternion2matrix(Q)
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%  Argument: Q - a quaternion in the form [w xi yj zk]
%  Returns:  T - 3x3  rotation matrix
% 
% See also MATRIX2QUATERNION, NEWQUATERNION, QUATERNIONROTATE

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% The University of Western Australia
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function T = quaternion2rotation(Q)
    
    Q = Q/norm(Q); % Ensure Q has unit norm
    
    % Set up convenience variables
    w = Q(1); x = Q(2); y = Q(3); z = Q(4);
    w2 = w^2; x2 = x^2; y2 = y^2; z2 = z^2;
    xy = x*y; xz = x*z; yz = y*z;
    wx = w*x; wy = w*y; wz = w*z;
    
    T = [w2+x2-y2-z2 , 2*(xy - wz) , 2*(wy + xz) 
         2*(wz + xy) , w2-x2+y2-z2 , 2*(yz - wx) 
         2*(xz - wy) , 2*(wx + yz) , w2-x2-y2+z2 ];