diff --git a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/core/math/SVD.h b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/core/math/SVD.h
index 99502ebf890b80a036600eb8a13290da2ca6e079..54262287b1ad3304bb9766038dd6e34adff03bcf 100644
--- a/source/RobotAPI/libraries/core/math/SVD.h
+++ b/source/RobotAPI/libraries/core/math/SVD.h
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ namespace armarx
             {
                 return matrixU.block<3, 1>(0, nr);
             }
+            float getLeftSingularValue(int nr)
+            {
+                return singularValues(nr);
+            }
 
         };
     }