# Copyright (c) 2022-2026, The Isaac Lab Project Developers (https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacLab/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.md). # All rights reserved. # # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause """ This script demonstrates different dexterous hands. .. code-block:: bash # Usage ./isaaclab.sh -p scripts/demos/hands.py """ """Launch Isaac Sim Simulator first.""" import argparse from isaaclab.app import AppLauncher # add argparse arguments parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="This script demonstrates different dexterous hands.") # append AppLauncher cli args AppLauncher.add_app_launcher_args(parser) # parse the arguments args_cli = parser.parse_args() # launch omniverse app app_launcher = AppLauncher(args_cli) simulation_app = app_launcher.app """Rest everything follows.""" import numpy as np import torch import isaaclab.sim as sim_utils from isaaclab.assets import Articulation ## # Pre-defined configs ## from isaaclab_assets.robots.allegro import ALLEGRO_HAND_CFG # isort:skip from isaaclab_assets.robots.shadow_hand import SHADOW_HAND_CFG # isort:skip def define_origins(num_origins: int, spacing: float) -> list[list[float]]: """Defines the origins of the the scene.""" # create tensor based on number of environments env_origins = torch.zeros(num_origins, 3) # create a grid of origins num_cols = np.floor(np.sqrt(num_origins)) num_rows = np.ceil(num_origins / num_cols) xx, yy = torch.meshgrid(torch.arange(num_rows), torch.arange(num_cols), indexing="xy") env_origins[:, 0] = spacing * xx.flatten()[:num_origins] - spacing * (num_rows - 1) / 2 env_origins[:, 1] = spacing * yy.flatten()[:num_origins] - spacing * (num_cols - 1) / 2 env_origins[:, 2] = 0.0 # return the origins return env_origins.tolist() def design_scene() -> tuple[dict, list[list[float]]]: """Designs the scene.""" # Ground-plane cfg = sim_utils.GroundPlaneCfg() cfg.func("/World/defaultGroundPlane", cfg) # Lights cfg = sim_utils.DomeLightCfg(intensity=2000.0, color=(0.75, 0.75, 0.75)) cfg.func("/World/Light", cfg) # Create separate groups called "Origin1", "Origin2", "Origin3" # Each group will have a mount and a robot on top of it origins = define_origins(num_origins=2, spacing=0.5) # Origin 1 with Allegro Hand sim_utils.create_prim("/World/Origin1", "Xform", translation=origins[0]) # -- Robot allegro = Articulation(ALLEGRO_HAND_CFG.replace(prim_path="/World/Origin1/Robot")) # Origin 2 with Shadow Hand sim_utils.create_prim("/World/Origin2", "Xform", translation=origins[1]) # -- Robot shadow_hand = Articulation(SHADOW_HAND_CFG.replace(prim_path="/World/Origin2/Robot")) # return the scene information scene_entities = { "allegro": allegro, "shadow_hand": shadow_hand, } return scene_entities, origins def run_simulator(sim: sim_utils.SimulationContext, entities: dict[str, Articulation], origins: torch.Tensor): """Runs the simulation loop.""" # Define simulation stepping sim_dt = sim.get_physics_dt() sim_time = 0.0 count = 0 # Start with hand open grasp_mode = 0 # Simulate physics while simulation_app.is_running(): # reset if count % 1000 == 0: # reset counters sim_time = 0.0 count = 0 # reset robots for index, robot in enumerate(entities.values()): # root state root_state = robot.data.default_root_state.clone() root_state[:, :3] += origins[index] robot.write_root_pose_to_sim(root_state[:, :7]) robot.write_root_velocity_to_sim(root_state[:, 7:]) # joint state joint_pos, joint_vel = robot.data.default_joint_pos.clone(), robot.data.default_joint_vel.clone() robot.write_joint_state_to_sim(joint_pos, joint_vel) # reset the internal state robot.reset() print("[INFO]: Resetting robots state...") # toggle grasp mode if count % 100 == 0: grasp_mode = 1 - grasp_mode # apply default actions to the hands robots for robot in entities.values(): # generate joint positions joint_pos_target = robot.data.soft_joint_pos_limits[..., grasp_mode] # apply action to the robot robot.set_joint_position_target(joint_pos_target) # write data to sim robot.write_data_to_sim() # perform step sim.step() # update sim-time sim_time += sim_dt count += 1 # update buffers for robot in entities.values(): robot.update(sim_dt) def main(): """Main function.""" # Initialize the simulation context sim_cfg = sim_utils.SimulationCfg(dt=0.01, device=args_cli.device) sim = sim_utils.SimulationContext(sim_cfg) # Set main camera sim.set_camera_view(eye=[0.0, -0.5, 1.5], target=[0.0, -0.2, 0.5]) # design scene scene_entities, scene_origins = design_scene() scene_origins = torch.tensor(scene_origins, device=sim.device) # Play the simulator sim.reset() # Now we are ready! print("[INFO]: Setup complete...") # Run the simulator run_simulator(sim, scene_entities, scene_origins) if __name__ == "__main__": # run the main execution main() # close sim app simulation_app.close()