Absolute orientation with the QUEST algorithm

Efficient Absolute Orientation Solver

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Manolis Lourakis (2026). Absolute orientation with the QUEST algorithm (https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/65173-absolute-orientation-with-the-quest-algorithm), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Inspired by: Absolute orientation with the FOAM algorithm

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Version Published Release Notes Action
1.3.0

Updated description

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1.3.0-0

Fixed bug with the computation of the mean residual error.
Added quaternion to rotation matrix conversion without normalization.
Added test for singular rotation (i.e. +/-pi rotation around an arbitrary axis).

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1.2.0

Compute the max eigenvalue from the QUEST characteristic polynomial
instead of the FOAM one previously used. Note that the two are equivalent
for infinitely precise arithmetic

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1.1.1

Description changes

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1.1.0

Minor updates in the description

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1.0.0

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