axisorientationsensor.h

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#ifndef __AXISORIENTATIONSENSOR_H
#define __AXISORIENTATIONSENSOR_H

#include "sensor.h"

namespace lpzrobots {

  /** Class for sensing the axis orienation of a primitive (robot)
  */
  class AxisOrientationSensor : public Sensor {
  public:  
    /// Sensor mode 
    enum Mode { /** Z axis (of robot) in word coordinates (relative to body center)
                    (Dimensions select components of this vector) */
                OnlyZAxis, 
                ZProjection, ///< z-component of each axis (Dimension select components of this vector)
                Axis ///< for each dimension one orienation vector, i.e. for X | Y | Z it is a 3x3 rotation matrix
    };
    
    /**
       @param mode how to measure the axis orientation
       @param dimensions bit mask for the dimensions to sense. Default: X | Y | Z (all dimensions)       
       @see Sensor::Dimensions
       @see Mode
     */
    AxisOrientationSensor(Mode mode, short dimensions = X | Y | Z );
    virtual ~AxisOrientationSensor() {}
    
    virtual void init(Primitive* own);  
    virtual int getSensorNumber() const;
  
    virtual bool sense(const GlobalData& globaldata);
    virtual std::list<sensor> get() const;
    virtual int get(sensor* sensors, int length) const;

  private:
    Mode mode;
    short dimensions;
    Primitive* own;
  };


}

#endif