Implementation of Dual Quaternion-based Robot Forward Kinematics Algorithm in ROS

This paper presents a method for the implementation of a robot forward kinematics algorithm that complies with the Denavit-Hartenberg (DH) convention in Robot Operating System (ROS). The integration of the algorithm in ROS is based on the representation of DH parameters in dual quaternion space. The main motivation for the presented research is to make use of ROS powerful visualization tools available in tasks that require robot forward kinematics calculation while keeping the principles of DH robot modeling convention. Implementation of the dual quaternion-based robot forward kinematics algorithm in ROS is demonstrated using a serial 6DoFs robot as an example.