# 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 creates a simple environment with a floating cube. The cube is controlled by a PD controller to track an arbitrary target position. While going through this tutorial, we recommend you to pay attention to how a custom action term is defined. The action term is responsible for processing the raw actions and applying them to the scene entities. We also define an event term called 'randomize_scale' that randomizes the scale of the cube. This event term has the mode 'prestartup', which means that it is applied on the USD stage before the simulation starts. Additionally, the flag 'replicate_physics' is set to False, which means that the cube is not replicated across multiple environments but rather each environment gets its own cube instance. The rest of the environment is similar to the previous tutorials. .. code-block:: bash # Run the script ./isaaclab.sh -p scripts/tutorials/03_envs/create_cube_base_env.py --num_envs 32 """ from __future__ import annotations """Launch Isaac Sim Simulator first.""" import argparse from isaaclab.app import AppLauncher # add argparse arguments parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Tutorial on creating a floating cube environment.") parser.add_argument("--num_envs", type=int, default=64, help="Number of environments to spawn.") # 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.envs.mdp as mdp import isaaclab.sim as sim_utils from isaaclab.assets import AssetBaseCfg, RigidObject, RigidObjectCfg from isaaclab.envs import ManagerBasedEnv, ManagerBasedEnvCfg from isaaclab.managers import ActionTerm, ActionTermCfg, SceneEntityCfg from isaaclab.managers import EventTermCfg as EventTerm from isaaclab.managers import ObservationGroupCfg as ObsGroup from isaaclab.managers import ObservationTermCfg as ObsTerm from isaaclab.scene import InteractiveSceneCfg from isaaclab.terrains import TerrainImporterCfg from isaaclab.utils import configclass ## # Custom action term ## class CubeActionTerm(ActionTerm): """Simple action term that implements a PD controller to track a target position. The action term is applied to the cube asset. It involves two steps: 1. **Process the raw actions**: Typically, this includes any transformations of the raw actions that are required to map them to the desired space. This is called once per environment step. 2. **Apply the processed actions**: This step applies the processed actions to the asset. It is called once per simulation step. In this case, the action term simply applies the raw actions to the cube asset. The raw actions are the desired target positions of the cube in the environment frame. The pre-processing step simply copies the raw actions to the processed actions as no additional processing is required. The processed actions are then applied to the cube asset by implementing a PD controller to track the target position. """ _asset: RigidObject """The articulation asset on which the action term is applied.""" def __init__(self, cfg: CubeActionTermCfg, env: ManagerBasedEnv): # call super constructor super().__init__(cfg, env) # create buffers self._raw_actions = torch.zeros(env.num_envs, 3, device=self.device) self._processed_actions = torch.zeros(env.num_envs, 3, device=self.device) self._vel_command = torch.zeros(self.num_envs, 6, device=self.device) # gains of controller self.p_gain = cfg.p_gain self.d_gain = cfg.d_gain """ Properties. """ @property def action_dim(self) -> int: return self._raw_actions.shape[1] @property def raw_actions(self) -> torch.Tensor: return self._raw_actions @property def processed_actions(self) -> torch.Tensor: return self._processed_actions """ Operations """ def process_actions(self, actions: torch.Tensor): # store the raw actions self._raw_actions[:] = actions # no-processing of actions self._processed_actions[:] = self._raw_actions[:] def apply_actions(self): # implement a PD controller to track the target position pos_error = self._processed_actions - (self._asset.data.root_pos_w - self._env.scene.env_origins) vel_error = -self._asset.data.root_lin_vel_w # set velocity targets self._vel_command[:, :3] = self.p_gain * pos_error + self.d_gain * vel_error self._asset.write_root_velocity_to_sim(self._vel_command) @configclass class CubeActionTermCfg(ActionTermCfg): """Configuration for the cube action term.""" class_type: type = CubeActionTerm """The class corresponding to the action term.""" p_gain: float = 5.0 """Proportional gain of the PD controller.""" d_gain: float = 0.5 """Derivative gain of the PD controller.""" ## # Custom observation term ## def base_position(env: ManagerBasedEnv, asset_cfg: SceneEntityCfg) -> torch.Tensor: """Root linear velocity in the asset's root frame.""" # extract the used quantities (to enable type-hinting) asset: RigidObject = env.scene[asset_cfg.name] return asset.data.root_pos_w - env.scene.env_origins ## # Scene definition ## @configclass class MySceneCfg(InteractiveSceneCfg): """Example scene configuration. The scene comprises of a ground plane, light source and floating cubes (gravity disabled). """ # add terrain terrain = TerrainImporterCfg(prim_path="/World/ground", terrain_type="plane", debug_vis=False) # add cube cube: RigidObjectCfg = RigidObjectCfg( prim_path="{ENV_REGEX_NS}/cube", spawn=sim_utils.CuboidCfg( size=(0.2, 0.2, 0.2), rigid_props=sim_utils.RigidBodyPropertiesCfg(max_depenetration_velocity=1.0, disable_gravity=True), mass_props=sim_utils.MassPropertiesCfg(mass=1.0), physics_material=sim_utils.RigidBodyMaterialCfg(), visual_material=sim_utils.PreviewSurfaceCfg(diffuse_color=(0.5, 0.0, 0.0)), ), init_state=RigidObjectCfg.InitialStateCfg(pos=(0.0, 0.0, 5)), ) # lights light = AssetBaseCfg( prim_path="/World/light", spawn=sim_utils.DomeLightCfg(color=(0.75, 0.75, 0.75), intensity=2000.0), ) ## # Environment settings ## @configclass class ActionsCfg: """Action specifications for the MDP.""" joint_pos = CubeActionTermCfg(asset_name="cube") @configclass class ObservationsCfg: """Observation specifications for the MDP.""" @configclass class PolicyCfg(ObsGroup): """Observations for policy group.""" # cube velocity position = ObsTerm(func=base_position, params={"asset_cfg": SceneEntityCfg("cube")}) def __post_init__(self): self.enable_corruption = True self.concatenate_terms = True # observation groups policy: PolicyCfg = PolicyCfg() @configclass class EventCfg: """Configuration for events.""" # This event term resets the base position of the cube. # The mode is set to 'reset', which means that the base position is reset whenever # the environment instance is reset (because of terminations defined in 'TerminationCfg'). reset_base = EventTerm( func=mdp.reset_root_state_uniform, mode="reset", params={ "pose_range": {"x": (-0.5, 0.5), "y": (-0.5, 0.5), "yaw": (-3.14, 3.14)}, "velocity_range": { "x": (-0.5, 0.5), "y": (-0.5, 0.5), "z": (-0.5, 0.5), }, "asset_cfg": SceneEntityCfg("cube"), }, ) # This event term randomizes the scale of the cube. # The mode is set to 'prestartup', which means that the scale is randomize on the USD stage before the # simulation starts. # Note: USD-level randomizations require the flag 'replicate_physics' to be set to False. randomize_scale = EventTerm( func=mdp.randomize_rigid_body_scale, mode="prestartup", params={ "scale_range": {"x": (0.5, 1.5), "y": (0.5, 1.5), "z": (0.5, 1.5)}, "asset_cfg": SceneEntityCfg("cube"), }, ) # This event term randomizes the visual color of the cube. # Similar to the scale randomization, this is also a USD-level randomization and requires the flag # 'replicate_physics' to be set to False. randomize_color = EventTerm( func=mdp.randomize_visual_color, mode="prestartup", params={ "colors": {"r": (0.0, 1.0), "g": (0.0, 1.0), "b": (0.0, 1.0)}, "asset_cfg": SceneEntityCfg("cube"), "mesh_name": "geometry/mesh", "event_name": "rep_cube_randomize_color", }, ) ## # Environment configuration ## @configclass class CubeEnvCfg(ManagerBasedEnvCfg): """Configuration for the locomotion velocity-tracking environment.""" # Scene settings # The flag 'replicate_physics' is set to False, which means that the cube is not replicated # across multiple environments but rather each environment gets its own cube instance. # This allows modifying the cube's properties independently for each environment. scene: MySceneCfg = MySceneCfg(num_envs=args_cli.num_envs, env_spacing=2.5, replicate_physics=False) # Basic settings observations: ObservationsCfg = ObservationsCfg() actions: ActionsCfg = ActionsCfg() events: EventCfg = EventCfg() def __post_init__(self): """Post initialization.""" # general settings self.decimation = 2 # simulation settings self.sim.dt = 0.01 self.sim.physics_material = self.scene.terrain.physics_material self.sim.render_interval = 2 # render interval should be a multiple of decimation self.sim.device = args_cli.device # viewer settings self.viewer.eye = (5.0, 5.0, 5.0) self.viewer.lookat = (0.0, 0.0, 2.0) def main(): """Main function.""" # setup base environment env_cfg = CubeEnvCfg() env = ManagerBasedEnv(cfg=env_cfg) # setup target position commands target_position = torch.rand(env.num_envs, 3, device=env.device) * 2 target_position[:, 2] += 2.0 # offset all targets so that they move to the world origin target_position -= env.scene.env_origins # simulate physics count = 0 obs, _ = env.reset() while simulation_app.is_running(): with torch.inference_mode(): # reset if count % 300 == 0: count = 0 obs, _ = env.reset() print("-" * 80) print("[INFO]: Resetting environment...") # step env obs, _ = env.step(target_position) # print mean squared position error between target and current position error = torch.norm(obs["policy"] - target_position).mean().item() print(f"[Step: {count:04d}]: Mean position error: {error:.4f}") # update counter count += 1 # close the environment env.close() if __name__ == "__main__": # run the main function main() # close sim app simulation_app.close()