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Wikipedia says that then the fourth one needs "to be driven" to stay perpendicular with the 1rst one (otherwise a "double-gimbal lock" would still be possible,
by BlueTemplar 7y ago
Wikipedia says that then the fourth one needs "to be driven" to stay perpendicular with the 1rst one (otherwise a "double-gimbal lock" would still be possible, I guess ?). And this "active driving" is likely to complicate the design even more ?
- salty_biscuits 7y agoFor sure for a real gimbal, I'm just saying that you can do the same thing mathematically to avoid singularities when dealing with rotations represented as euler angles.