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xbarray/transformations/rotation_conversions/base.py

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+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+# ---------- Note ----------
+# This file is pulled from PyTorch3D (https://github.com/facebookresearch/pytorch3d/blob/main/pytorch3d/transforms/rotation_conversions.py)
+# with minor modifications for cross-backend compatibility.
+# Please refer to the original file for the full license and copyright notice.
+# Please see https://github.com/facebookresearch/pytorch3d/issues/2002 for some issues involving axis angle rotations
+# --------------------------
+
+from typing import Optional
+from xbarray.backends.base import ComputeBackend, BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType
+
+__all__ = [
+    "quaternion_to_matrix",
+    "matrix_to_quaternion",
+    "euler_angles_to_matrix",
+    "matrix_to_euler_angles",
+    "random_quaternions",
+    "random_rotations",
+    "random_rotation",
+    "standardize_quaternion",
+    "quaternion_multiply",
+    "quaternion_invert",
+    "quaternion_apply",
+    "axis_angle_to_matrix",
+    "matrix_to_axis_angle",
+    "axis_angle_to_quaternion",
+    "quaternion_to_axis_angle",
+    "rotation_6d_to_matrix",
+    "matrix_to_rotation_6d",
+]
+
+def quaternion_to_matrix(
+    backend : ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],
+    quaternions: BArrayType,
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Convert rotations given as quaternions to rotation matrices.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        quaternions: quaternions with real part first,
+            as tensor of shape (..., 4).
+    Returns:
+        Rotation matrices as tensor of shape (..., 3, 3).
+    """
+    r, i, j, k = quaternions[..., 0], quaternions[..., 1], quaternions[..., 2], quaternions[..., 3]
+    # pyre-fixme[58]: `/` is not supported for operand types `float` and `Tensor`.
+    two_s = 2.0 / (quaternions * quaternions).sum(-1)
+
+    o = backend.stack(
+        (
+            1 - two_s * (j * j + k * k),
+            two_s * (i * j - k * r),
+            two_s * (i * k + j * r),
+            two_s * (i * j + k * r),
+            1 - two_s * (i * i + k * k),
+            two_s * (j * k - i * r),
+            two_s * (i * k - j * r),
+            two_s * (j * k + i * r),
+            1 - two_s * (i * i + j * j),
+        ),
+        axis=-1,
+    )
+    return backend.reshape(
+        o, quaternions.shape[:-1] + (3, 3)
+    )
+
+
+def _copysign(
+    backend : ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],
+    a: BArrayType, b: BArrayType
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Return a tensor where each element has the absolute value taken from the,
+    corresponding element of a, with sign taken from the corresponding
+    element of b. This is like the standard copysign floating-point operation,
+    but is not careful about negative 0 and NaN.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        a: source tensor.
+        b: tensor whose signs will be used, of the same shape as a.
+
+    Returns:
+        Tensor of the same shape as a with the signs of b.
+    """
+    signs_differ = (a < 0) != (b < 0)
+    return backend.where(signs_differ, -a, a)
+
+def _sqrt_positive_part(backend: ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType], x: BArrayType) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Returns backend.sqrt(backend.max(0, x))
+    but with a zero subgradient where x is 0.
+    """
+    positive_mask = x > 0
+    ret = backend.where(positive_mask, backend.sqrt(x), ret)
+    return ret
+
+
+def matrix_to_quaternion(backend: ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType], matrix: BArrayType) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Convert rotations given as rotation matrices to quaternions.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        matrix: Rotation matrices as tensor of shape (..., 3, 3).
+
+    Returns:
+        quaternions with real part first, as tensor of shape (..., 4).
+    """
+    if matrix.shape[-1] != 3 or matrix.shape[-2] != 3:
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid rotation matrix shape {matrix.shape}.")
+
+    batch_dim = matrix.shape[:-2]
+    m00, m01, m02, m10, m11, m12, m20, m21, m22 = matrix[..., 0, 0], matrix[..., 0, 1], matrix[..., 0, 2], matrix[..., 1, 0], matrix[..., 1, 1], matrix[..., 1, 2], matrix[..., 2, 0], matrix[..., 2, 1], matrix[..., 2, 2]
+
+    q_abs = _sqrt_positive_part(
+        backend,
+        backend.stack(
+            [
+                1.0 + m00 + m11 + m22,
+                1.0 + m00 - m11 - m22,
+                1.0 - m00 + m11 - m22,
+                1.0 - m00 - m11 + m22,
+            ],
+            axis=-1,
+        )
+    )
+
+    # we produce the desired quaternion multiplied by each of r, i, j, k
+    quat_by_rijk = backend.stack(
+        [
+            # pyre-fixme[58]: `**` is not supported for operand types `Tensor` and
+            #  `int`.
+            backend.stack([q_abs[..., 0] ** 2, m21 - m12, m02 - m20, m10 - m01], axis=-1),
+            # pyre-fixme[58]: `**` is not supported for operand types `Tensor` and
+            #  `int`.
+            backend.stack([m21 - m12, q_abs[..., 1] ** 2, m10 + m01, m02 + m20], axis=-1),
+            # pyre-fixme[58]: `**` is not supported for operand types `Tensor` and
+            #  `int`.
+            backend.stack([m02 - m20, m10 + m01, q_abs[..., 2] ** 2, m12 + m21], axis=-1),
+            # pyre-fixme[58]: `**` is not supported for operand types `Tensor` and
+            #  `int`.
+            backend.stack([m10 - m01, m20 + m02, m21 + m12, q_abs[..., 3] ** 2], axis=-1),
+        ],
+        axis=-2,
+    )
+
+    # We floor here at 0.1 but the exact level is not important; if q_abs is small,
+    # the candidate won't be picked.
+    quat_candidates = quat_by_rijk / (2.0 * backend.maximum(q_abs[..., None], 0.1))
+
+    # if not for numerical problems, quat_candidates[i] should be same (up to a sign),
+    # forall i; we pick the best-conditioned one (with the largest denominator)
+    indices = backend.argmax(q_abs, axis=-1, keepdims=True)
+    expand_dims = list(batch_dim) + [1, 4]
+    gather_indices = backend.broadcast_to(indices[..., None], expand_dims)
+    out = backend.take_along_axis(quat_candidates, gather_indices, axis=-2)[..., 0, :]
+    return standardize_quaternion(backend, out)
+
+
+def _axis_angle_rotation(
+    backend: ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],
+    axis: str, angle: BArrayType
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Return the rotation matrices for one of the rotations about an axis
+    of which Euler angles describe, for each value of the angle given.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        axis: Axis label "X" or "Y or "Z".
+        angle: any shape tensor of Euler angles in radians
+
+    Returns:
+        Rotation matrices as tensor of shape (..., 3, 3).
+    """
+
+    cos = backend.cos(angle)
+    sin = backend.sin(angle)
+    one = backend.ones_like(angle)
+    zero = backend.zeros_like(angle)
+
+    if axis == "X":
+        R_flat = (one, zero, zero, zero, cos, -sin, zero, sin, cos)
+    elif axis == "Y":
+        R_flat = (cos, zero, sin, zero, one, zero, -sin, zero, cos)
+    elif axis == "Z":
+        R_flat = (cos, -sin, zero, sin, cos, zero, zero, zero, one)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("letter must be either X, Y or Z.")
+
+    return backend.reshape(
+        backend.stack(R_flat, axis=-1),
+        angle.shape + (3, 3)
+    )
+
+def euler_angles_to_matrix(
+    backend: ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],
+    euler_angles: BArrayType, convention: str
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Convert rotations given as Euler angles in radians to rotation matrices.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        euler_angles: Euler angles in radians as tensor of shape (..., 3).
+        convention: Convention string of three uppercase letters from
+            {"X", "Y", and "Z"}.
+
+    Returns:
+        Rotation matrices as tensor of shape (..., 3, 3).
+    """
+    if euler_angles.dim() == 0 or euler_angles.shape[-1] != 3:
+        raise ValueError("Invalid input euler angles.")
+    if len(convention) != 3:
+        raise ValueError("Convention must have 3 letters.")
+    if convention[1] in (convention[0], convention[2]):
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid convention {convention}.")
+    for letter in convention:
+        if letter not in ("X", "Y", "Z"):
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid letter {letter} in convention string.")
+    matrices = [
+        _axis_angle_rotation(backend, c, e)
+        for c, e in zip(convention, [euler_angles[..., i] for i in range(3)])
+    ]
+    # return functools.reduce(torch.matmul, matrices)
+    return backend.matmul(backend.matmul(matrices[0], matrices[1]), matrices[2])
+
+def _angle_from_tan(
+    backend: ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],
+    axis: str, other_axis: str, 
+    data : BArrayType, 
+    horizontal: bool, tait_bryan: bool
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Extract the first or third Euler angle from the two members of
+    the matrix which are positive constant times its sine and cosine.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        axis: Axis label "X" or "Y or "Z" for the angle we are finding.
+        other_axis: Axis label "X" or "Y or "Z" for the middle axis in the
+            convention.
+        data: Rotation matrices as tensor of shape (..., 3, 3).
+        horizontal: Whether we are looking for the angle for the third axis,
+            which means the relevant entries are in the same row of the
+            rotation matrix. If not, they are in the same column.
+        tait_bryan: Whether the first and third axes in the convention differ.
+
+    Returns:
+        Euler Angles in radians for each matrix in data as a tensor
+        of shape (...).
+    """
+
+    i1, i2 = {"X": (2, 1), "Y": (0, 2), "Z": (1, 0)}[axis]
+    if horizontal:
+        i2, i1 = i1, i2
+    even = (axis + other_axis) in ["XY", "YZ", "ZX"]
+    if horizontal == even:
+        return backend.atan2(data[..., i1], data[..., i2])
+    if tait_bryan:
+        return backend.atan2(-data[..., i2], data[..., i1])
+    return backend.atan2(data[..., i2], -data[..., i1])
+
+
+def _index_from_letter(letter: str) -> int:
+    if letter == "X":
+        return 0
+    if letter == "Y":
+        return 1
+    if letter == "Z":
+        return 2
+    raise ValueError("letter must be either X, Y or Z.")
+
+
+def matrix_to_euler_angles(
+    backend : ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],    
+    matrix: BArrayType, convention: str
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Convert rotations given as rotation matrices to Euler angles in radians.
+
+    Args:
+        matrix: Rotation matrices as tensor of shape (..., 3, 3).
+        convention: Convention string of three uppercase letters.
+
+    Returns:
+        Euler angles in radians as tensor of shape (..., 3).
+    """
+    if len(convention) != 3:
+        raise ValueError("Convention must have 3 letters.")
+    if convention[1] in (convention[0], convention[2]):
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid convention {convention}.")
+    for letter in convention:
+        if letter not in ("X", "Y", "Z"):
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid letter {letter} in convention string.")
+    if matrix.size(-1) != 3 or matrix.size(-2) != 3:
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid rotation matrix shape {matrix.shape}.")
+    i0 = _index_from_letter(convention[0])
+    i2 = _index_from_letter(convention[2])
+    tait_bryan = i0 != i2
+    if tait_bryan:
+        central_angle = backend.asin(
+            backend.clip(matrix[..., i0, i2], -1.0, 1.0)
+            * (-1.0 if i0 - i2 in [-1, 2] else 1.0)
+        )
+    else:
+        central_angle = backend.acos(backend.clip(matrix[..., i0, i0], -1.0, 1.0))
+
+    o = (
+        _angle_from_tan(
+            backend,
+            convention[0], convention[1], matrix[..., i2], False, tait_bryan
+        ),
+        central_angle,
+        _angle_from_tan(
+            backend,
+            convention[2], convention[1], matrix[..., i0, :], True, tait_bryan
+        ),
+    )
+    return backend.stack(o, -1)
+
+def random_quaternions(
+    backend : ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType], rng : BRNGType,
+    n: int, dtype: Optional[BDtypeType] = None, device: Optional[BDeviceType] = None,
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Generate random quaternions representing rotations,
+    i.e. versors with nonnegative real part.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        rng: A random number generator of the appropriate type for the backend.
+        n: Number of quaternions in a batch to return.
+        dtype: Type to return.
+        device: Desired device of returned tensor. Default:
+            uses the current device for the default tensor type.
+
+    Returns:
+        Quaternions as tensor of shape (N, 4).
+    """
+    o = backend.random.random_normal((n, 4), rng=rng, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+    s = backend.sum(o * o, axis=1)
+    o = o / _copysign(backend, backend.sqrt(s), o[:, 0])[:, None]
+    return o
+
+
+def random_rotations(
+    backend : ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType], rng : BRNGType,
+    n: int, dtype: Optional[BDtypeType] = None, device: Optional[BDeviceType] = None
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Generate random rotations as 3x3 rotation matrices.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        rng: A random number generator of the appropriate type for the backend.
+        n: Number of rotation matrices in a batch to return.
+        dtype: Type to return.
+        device: Device of returned tensor. Default: if None,
+            uses the current device for the default tensor type.
+
+    Returns:
+        Rotation matrices as tensor of shape (n, 3, 3).
+    """
+    quaternions = random_quaternions(backend, rng, n, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+    return quaternion_to_matrix(backend, quaternions)
+
+
+def random_rotation(
+    backend : ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType], rng : BRNGType,
+    dtype: Optional[BDtypeType] = None, device: Optional[BDeviceType] = None
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Generate a single random 3x3 rotation matrix.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        rng: A random number generator of the appropriate type for the backend.
+        dtype: Type to return
+        device: Device of returned tensor. Default: if None,
+            uses the current device for the default tensor type
+
+    Returns:
+        Rotation matrix as tensor of shape (3, 3).
+    """
+    return random_rotations(backend, rng, 1, dtype, device)[0]
+
+
+def standardize_quaternion(
+    backend : ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],    
+    quaternions: BArrayType) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Convert a unit quaternion to a standard form: one in which the real
+    part is non negative.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        quaternions: Quaternions with real part first,
+            as tensor of shape (..., 4).
+
+    Returns:
+        Standardized quaternions as tensor of shape (..., 4).
+    """
+    return backend.where(quaternions[..., 0:1] < 0, -quaternions, quaternions)
+
+
+def quaternion_raw_multiply(
+    backend : ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],
+    a: BArrayType, b: BArrayType
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Multiply two quaternions.
+    Usual torch rules for broadcasting apply.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        a: Quaternions as tensor of shape (..., 4), real part first.
+        b: Quaternions as tensor of shape (..., 4), real part first.
+
+    Returns:
+        The product of a and b, a tensor of quaternions shape (..., 4).
+    """
+    aw, ax, ay, az = a[..., 0], a[..., 1], a[..., 2], a[..., 3]
+    bw, bx, by, bz = b[..., 0], b[..., 1], b[..., 2], b[..., 3]
+    ow = aw * bw - ax * bx - ay * by - az * bz
+    ox = aw * bx + ax * bw + ay * bz - az * by
+    oy = aw * by - ax * bz + ay * bw + az * bx
+    oz = aw * bz + ax * by - ay * bx + az * bw
+    return backend.stack((ow, ox, oy, oz), axis=-1)
+
+
+def quaternion_multiply(
+    backend : ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType], 
+    a: BArrayType, b: BArrayType
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Multiply two quaternions representing rotations, returning the quaternion
+    representing their composition, i.e. the versor with nonnegative real part.
+    Usual torch rules for broadcasting apply.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        a: Quaternions as tensor of shape (..., 4), real part first.
+        b: Quaternions as tensor of shape (..., 4), real part first.
+
+    Returns:
+        The product of a and b, a tensor of quaternions of shape (..., 4).
+    """
+    ab = quaternion_raw_multiply(backend, a, b)
+    return standardize_quaternion(backend, ab)
+
+
+def quaternion_invert(
+    backend : ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],    
+    quaternion: BArrayType
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Given a quaternion representing rotation, get the quaternion representing
+    its inverse.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        quaternion: Quaternions as tensor of shape (..., 4), with real part
+            first, which must be versors (unit quaternions).
+
+    Returns:
+        The inverse, a tensor of quaternions of shape (..., 4).
+    """
+
+    scaling = backend.reshape(
+        backend.asarray([1, -1, -1, -1], device=backend.device(quaternion)),
+        [1] * (len(quaternion.shape) - 1) + [4]
+    )
+    return quaternion * scaling
+
+
+def quaternion_apply(
+    backend : ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],    
+    quaternion: BArrayType, point: BArrayType
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Apply the rotation given by a quaternion to a 3D point.
+    Usual torch rules for broadcasting apply.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        quaternion: Tensor of quaternions, real part first, of shape (..., 4).
+        point: Tensor of 3D points of shape (..., 3).
+
+    Returns:
+        Tensor of rotated points of shape (..., 3).
+    """
+    if point.shape[-1] != 3:
+        raise ValueError(f"Points are not in 3D, {point.shape}.")
+    real_parts = backend.zeros(point.shape[:-1] + (1,), dtype=point.dtype, device=backend.device(point))
+    point_as_quaternion = backend.concat((real_parts, point), axis=-1)
+    out = quaternion_raw_multiply(
+        quaternion_raw_multiply(backend, quaternion, point_as_quaternion),
+        quaternion_invert(backend, quaternion),
+    )
+    return out[..., 1:]
+
+
+def axis_angle_to_matrix(
+    backend : ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],
+    axis_angle: BArrayType, fast: bool = False) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Convert rotations given as axis/angle to rotation matrices.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        axis_angle: Rotations given as a vector in axis angle form,
+            as a tensor of shape (..., 3), where the magnitude is
+            the angle turned anticlockwise in radians around the
+            vector's direction.
+        fast: Whether to use the new faster implementation (based on the
+            Rodrigues formula) instead of the original implementation (which
+            first converted to a quaternion and then back to a rotation matrix).
+
+    Returns:
+        Rotation matrices as tensor of shape (..., 3, 3).
+    """
+    if not fast:
+        return quaternion_to_matrix(backend, axis_angle_to_quaternion(backend, axis_angle))
+
+    shape = axis_angle.shape
+    device, dtype = backend.device(axis_angle), axis_angle.dtype
+
+    angles = backend.linalg.vector_norm(axis_angle, ord=2, axis=-1, keepdims=True)[..., backend.newaxis]
+
+    rx, ry, rz = axis_angle[..., 0], axis_angle[..., 1], axis_angle[..., 2]
+    zeros = backend.zeros(shape[:-1], dtype=dtype, device=device)
+    cross_product_matrix = backend.reshape(backend.stack(
+        [zeros, -rz, ry, rz, zeros, -rx, -ry, rx, zeros], axis=-1
+    ), (shape + (3,)))
+    cross_product_matrix_sqrd = cross_product_matrix @ cross_product_matrix
+
+    identity = backend.eye(3, dtype=dtype, device=device)
+    angles_sqrd = angles * angles
+    angles_sqrd = backend.where(angles_sqrd == 0, 1, angles_sqrd)
+    return (
+        backend.reshape(identity, [1] * (len(shape) - 1) + (3,3))
+        + backend.sinc(angles / backend.pi) * cross_product_matrix
+        + ((1 - backend.cos(angles)) / angles_sqrd) * cross_product_matrix_sqrd
+    )
+
+
+def matrix_to_axis_angle(
+    backend: ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],
+    matrix: BArrayType, fast: bool = False
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Convert rotations given as rotation matrices to axis/angle.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        matrix: Rotation matrices as tensor of shape (..., 3, 3).
+        fast: Whether to use the new faster implementation (based on the
+            Rodrigues formula) instead of the original implementation (which
+            first converted to a quaternion and then back to a rotation matrix).
+
+    Returns:
+        Rotations given as a vector in axis angle form, as a tensor
+            of shape (..., 3), where the magnitude is the angle
+            turned anticlockwise in radians around the vector's
+            direction.
+
+    """
+    if not fast:
+        return quaternion_to_axis_angle(backend, matrix_to_quaternion(backend, matrix))
+
+    if matrix.shape[-1] != 3 or matrix.shape[-2] != 3:
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid rotation matrix shape {matrix.shape}.")
+
+    omegas = backend.stack(
+        [
+            matrix[..., 2, 1] - matrix[..., 1, 2],
+            matrix[..., 0, 2] - matrix[..., 2, 0],
+            matrix[..., 1, 0] - matrix[..., 0, 1],
+        ],
+        axis=-1,
+    )
+    norms = backend.linalg.vector_norm(omegas, ord=2, axis=-1, keepdims=True)
+    traces = backend.sum(backend.linalg.diagonal(matrix), axis=-1, keepdims=True)
+    angles = backend.atan2(norms, traces - 1)
+
+    zeros = backend.zeros(3, dtype=matrix.dtype, device=backend.device(matrix))
+    omegas = backend.where(backend.isclose(angles, 0), zeros, omegas)
+
+    near_pi = backend.isclose(angles, backend.pi)[..., 0]
+
+    axis_angles = backend.empty_like(omegas)
+    axis_angles = backend.at(axis_angles, backend.logical_not(near_pi)).set(
+        0.5 * omegas[~near_pi] / backend.sinc(angles[~near_pi] / backend.pi)
+    )
+
+    # this derives from: nnT = (R + 1) / 2
+    n = 0.5 * (
+        matrix[near_pi][..., 0, :]
+        + backend.eye(1, 3, dtype=matrix.dtype, device=backend.device(matrix))
+    )
+    # TODO(Yunhao): The original pytorch3d file contains `torch.norm` which ignores batch shape, not sure if this is exactly what we wanted
+    axis_angles[near_pi] = angles[near_pi] * n / backend.linalg.vector_norm(n, axis=-1, keepdims=True, ord=2)
+
+    return axis_angles
+
+
+def axis_angle_to_quaternion(
+    backend: ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],
+    axis_angle: BArrayType
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Convert rotations given as axis/angle to quaternions.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        axis_angle: Rotations given as a vector in axis angle form,
+            as a tensor of shape (..., 3), where the magnitude is
+            the angle turned anticlockwise in radians around the
+            vector's direction.
+
+    Returns:
+        quaternions with real part first, as tensor of shape (..., 4).
+    """
+    angles = backend.linalg.vector_norm(axis_angle, ord=2, axis=-1, keepdims=True)
+    sin_half_angles_over_angles = 0.5 * backend.sinc(angles * 0.5 / backend.pi)
+    return backend.concat(
+        [backend.cos(angles * 0.5), axis_angle * sin_half_angles_over_angles], axis=-1
+    )
+
+
+def quaternion_to_axis_angle(
+    backend: ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],
+    quaternions: BArrayType
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Convert rotations given as quaternions to axis/angle.
+
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        quaternions: quaternions with real part first,
+            as tensor of shape (..., 4).
+
+    Returns:
+        Rotations given as a vector in axis angle form, as a tensor
+            of shape (..., 3), where the magnitude is the angle
+            turned anticlockwise in radians around the vector's
+            direction.
+    """
+    norms = backend.linalg.vector_norm(quaternions[..., 1:], ord=2, axis=-1, keepdims=True)
+    half_angles = backend.atan2(norms, quaternions[..., :1])
+    sin_half_angles_over_angles = 0.5 * backend.sinc(half_angles / backend.pi)
+    # angles/2 are between [-pi/2, pi/2], thus sin_half_angles_over_angles
+    # can't be zero
+    return quaternions[..., 1:] / sin_half_angles_over_angles
+
+
+def rotation_6d_to_matrix(
+    backend: ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],
+    d6: BArrayType
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Converts 6D rotation representation by Zhou et al. [1] to rotation matrix
+    using Gram--Schmidt orthogonalization per Section B of [1].
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        d6: 6D rotation representation, of size (*, 6)
+
+    Returns:
+        batch of rotation matrices of size (*, 3, 3)
+
+    [1] Zhou, Y., Barnes, C., Lu, J., Yang, J., & Li, H.
+    On the Continuity of Rotation Representations in Neural Networks.
+    IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2019.
+    Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07035
+    """
+
+    a1, a2 = d6[..., :3], d6[..., 3:]
+    b1 = a1 / backend.linalg.vector_norm(a1, ord=2, axis=-1, keepdims=True)
+    b2 = a2 - backend.sum(b1 * a2, axis=-1, keepdims=True) * b1
+    b2 = b2 / backend.linalg.vector_norm(b2, ord=2, axis=-1, keepdims=True)
+    b3 = backend.linalg.cross(b1, b2, axis=-1)
+    return backend.stack((b1, b2, b3), axis=-2)
+
+def matrix_to_rotation_6d(
+    backend: ComputeBackend[BArrayType, BDeviceType, BDtypeType, BRNGType],
+    matrix: BArrayType
+) -> BArrayType:
+    """
+    Converts rotation matrices to 6D rotation representation by Zhou et al. [1]
+    by dropping the last row. Note that 6D representation is not unique.
+    Args:
+        backend: The backend to use for the computation.
+        matrix: batch of rotation matrices of size (*, 3, 3)
+
+    Returns:
+        6D rotation representation, of size (*, 6)
+
+    [1] Zhou, Y., Barnes, C., Lu, J., Yang, J., & Li, H.
+    On the Continuity of Rotation Representations in Neural Networks.
+    IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2019.
+    Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/1812.07035
+    """
+    batch_dim = matrix.shape[:-2]
+    return backend.reshape(matrix[..., :2, :], (batch_dim + (6,)))