# 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 how to spawn a cart-pole and interact with it. .. code-block:: bash # Usage ./isaaclab.sh -p scripts/tutorials/01_assets/run_articulation.py """ """Launch Isaac Sim Simulator first.""" import argparse from isaaclab.app import AppLauncher # add argparse arguments parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Tutorial on spawning and interacting with an articulation.") # 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 torch import isaaclab.sim as sim_utils from isaaclab.assets import Articulation from isaaclab.sim import SimulationContext ## # Pre-defined configs ## from isaaclab_assets import CARTPOLE_CFG # isort:skip 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=3000.0, color=(0.75, 0.75, 0.75)) cfg.func("/World/Light", cfg) # Create separate groups called "Origin1", "Origin2" # Each group will have a robot in it origins = [[0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [-1.0, 0.0, 0.0]] # Origin 1 sim_utils.create_prim("/World/Origin1", "Xform", translation=origins[0]) # Origin 2 sim_utils.create_prim("/World/Origin2", "Xform", translation=origins[1]) # Articulation cartpole_cfg = CARTPOLE_CFG.copy() cartpole_cfg.prim_path = "/World/Origin.*/Robot" cartpole = Articulation(cfg=cartpole_cfg) # return the scene information scene_entities = {"cartpole": cartpole} return scene_entities, origins def run_simulator(sim: sim_utils.SimulationContext, entities: dict[str, Articulation], origins: torch.Tensor): """Runs the simulation loop.""" # Extract scene entities # note: we only do this here for readability. In general, it is better to access the entities directly from # the dictionary. This dictionary is replaced by the InteractiveScene class in the next tutorial. robot = entities["cartpole"] # Define simulation stepping sim_dt = sim.get_physics_dt() count = 0 # Simulation loop while simulation_app.is_running(): # Reset if count % 500 == 0: # reset counter count = 0 # reset the scene entities # root state # we offset the root state by the origin since the states are written in simulation world frame # if this is not done, then the robots will be spawned at the (0, 0, 0) of the simulation world root_state = robot.data.default_root_state.clone() root_state[:, :3] += origins robot.write_root_pose_to_sim(root_state[:, :7]) robot.write_root_velocity_to_sim(root_state[:, 7:]) # set joint positions with some noise joint_pos, joint_vel = robot.data.default_joint_pos.clone(), robot.data.default_joint_vel.clone() joint_pos += torch.rand_like(joint_pos) * 0.1 robot.write_joint_state_to_sim(joint_pos, joint_vel) # clear internal buffers robot.reset() print("[INFO]: Resetting robot state...") # Apply random action # -- generate random joint efforts efforts = torch.randn_like(robot.data.joint_pos) * 5.0 # -- apply action to the robot robot.set_joint_effort_target(efforts) # -- write data to sim robot.write_data_to_sim() # Perform step sim.step() # Increment counter count += 1 # Update buffers robot.update(sim_dt) def main(): """Main function.""" # Load kit helper sim_cfg = sim_utils.SimulationCfg(device=args_cli.device) sim = SimulationContext(sim_cfg) # Set main camera sim.set_camera_view([2.5, 0.0, 4.0], [0.0, 0.0, 2.0]) # 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 function main() # close sim app simulation_app.close()