One could think of Neil's mobility not just in terms of self-propulsion, which is still a long way off (I think), but also in terms of his ability to change orientation, which is starting to be more under his control. So I propose using the angles of rotation around
x,
y and
z axes for this purpose. These are the
roll,
pitch and
yaw angles respectively, and are defined relative to Neil as in the following pictures:
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Neil as viewed by the most ordinary people |
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How engineers see him |
Neil has already progressed well with pitch changes (lifting himself up with his arms when lying on his tummy), albeit through a fairly narrow angle. Still, it's not at all bad considering he's merely 13 weeks old.
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An impressive pitch angle |
Neil has now started with rolling, as he demonstrated to his doctor yesterday.
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Start of roll |
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Half way done |
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Maybe this is the start of a yaw |
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