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"""FrankaRobot — a Franka Emika Panda arm + parallel gripper, for table-top manipulation.
A fixed-base 7-DOF arm with a 2-finger gripper. Five control modes (the gripper is always direct
position targets; switching the mode swaps only the arm controller):
- "osc" -> arm by operational-space control (`OperationalSpaceController`, inertia-shaped
torque); action = 6 EE pose deltas + 2 gripper = 8. Default — the inertia decoupling
keeps the low-inertia wrist smooth.
- "impedance" -> arm by Jacobian-transpose task-space impedance (`TaskSpaceImpedanceController`);
same 8-D action. The form Isaac's Factory tasks use; on this arm it can shake the
wrist (no inertia decoupling), so it's not the default.
- "diff_ik" -> arm by differential IK (`DiffIKController`, batched DLS step -> joint position
targets tracked by the arm PD); same 8-D action (same delta scales as the torque
modes). The Isaac Lab task-space example recipe (`FRANKA_PANDA_HIGH_PD_CFG`, arm
PD 400/80 — the cfg defaults here).
- "pink_ik" -> arm by Pink multi-task QP IK (`PinkIKController`, per-env CPU solve over the
vendored kinematics URDF) -> joint position targets tracked by the same arm PD;
action = ABSOLUTE hand pose `[pos3, quat4 wxyz]` (env frame) + 2 gripper = 9.
The GR00T-school teleop/retarget solver. NOTE: any script building a pink env
must `import pinocchio` BEFORE AppLauncher (see `controllers/pink_ik.py`).
- "joint" -> arm by direct joint position targets (`JointController`); action = 7 arm + 2 gripper.
The two torque modes load the arm actuators in TORQUE mode (zero stiffness/damping) so the
controller's torques drive them; "diff_ik"/"pink_ik"/"joint" keep the arm position PD
(`arm_stiffness`/`arm_damping`). So `action_dim` and the arm actuator setup follow `control_mode`.
Heavy imports are deferred so registration stays app-free.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import math
from dataclasses import dataclass
from pathlib import Path
from robobench.core.assets import asset_path
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar
import torch
from robobench.controllers import (
CompositeController,
DiffIKController,
DiffIKControllerCfg,
FrameTaskCfg,
JointController,
JointControllerCfg,
OperationalSpaceController,
PinkIKController,
PinkIKControllerCfg,
TaskSpaceControllerCfg,
TaskSpaceImpedanceController,
)
from robobench.core import ROBOTS, BaseRobot, BaseRobotCfg
if TYPE_CHECKING:
from isaaclab.assets import Articulation
from robobench.core import BaseEnv
@dataclass
class FrankaRobotCfg(BaseRobotCfg):
"""Config for `FrankaRobot`. `control_mode` is inherited from `BaseRobotCfg` ("" -> first declared).
`base_pos`/`base_rot` are placement dials; `fixed_base` + the asset are structural. The arm PD gains
are used only in "joint" mode (OSC zeroes them for torque control); the gripper PD is always on."""
fixed_base: bool = True # weld the base to the world (a table-mounted arm)
base_pos: tuple[float, float, float] = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0) # base at the table level
base_rot: tuple[float, float, float, float] = (1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) # wxyz; faces +x
# Arm position-PD gains — used in the position modes ("joint" / "diff_ik"; the torque modes zero
# them). 400/80 = Isaac's FRANKA_PANDA_HIGH_PD_CFG, "specifically used for IK tracking" — the
# stock 80/4 preset lags task-space targets badly.
arm_stiffness: float = 400.0
arm_damping: float = 80.0
# Arm actuator effort cap [N*m]; None -> keep the preset's real-Panda limits (87/12). Raise for
# scripted joint-position tracking that must not crawl at the real limits (kinematic-demo ports).
arm_effort_limit: float | None = None
# Body-level gravity compensation fraction (Newton/MuJoCo backend only; 1.0 = weightless arm).
# The preset's PhysX `disable_gravity` flag is IGNORED by the Newton pipeline — MuJoCo needs
# `gravcomp`, else a kp=400 servo sags ~tau_g/kp (~0.1 rad on the shoulder when extended).
# None -> leave the preset untouched (required under the PhysX/2.x venv).
gravity_compensation: float | None = None
# PhysX-side gravity compensation: disable gravity on the robot's links (the real Panda
# gravity-compensates internally; the task-space torque law here has NO gravity term, so
# with gravity on, extended poses spend the task gains fighting the arm's own weight —
# MEASURED: commanded reorientations at low work poses stall 56-76 deg from target while
# the same rotations track to 1-7 deg from the light tuck pose).
disable_arm_gravity: bool = False
# Gripper PD gains (always position-controlled; holds / grasps the part).
gripper_stiffness: float = 2000.0
gripper_damping: float = 100.0
# Gripper actuator effort cap [N]; None -> keep the preset's default. Raise for pinch grips
# that must not saturate (e.g. 500.0 for cloth, the isaaclab soft-lift tasks' value).
gripper_effort_limit: float | None = None
# Home posture of the 7 arm joints: the arm resets here. A forward-facing ready pose; retune per
# task (e.g. to start the gripper near the work).
default_dof_pos: tuple[float, ...] = (0.0015, -0.197, -0.0014, -1.976, -0.00028, 1.78, 0.786)
# Posture the task-space nullspace pulls toward; () -> use default_dof_pos. A non-singular elbow
# config that actively resolves the arm's redundancy (keeps the wrist from drifting); kept separate
# from the home pose on purpose.
nullspace_dof_pos: tuple[float, ...] = (-1.3003, -0.4015, 1.1791, -2.1493, 0.4001, 1.9425, 0.4754)
# Nullspace posture stiffness; None -> the controller's default (10.0). MEASURED: at 10.0
# the posture spring overpowers the task torque for world-z reorientations (stalls 76 deg
# from target with every joint far from its limits) — soften it when a task needs large
# wrist reorientation. Damping follows critically (2*sqrt(kp)).
kp_null: float | None = None
# Task-space stiffness override [xyz, rpy]; None -> the controller's default
# (100,100,100, 30,30,30). MEASURED: at rot-gain 30 a wrist welded to a ~2.5 kg
# payload rolls ~16 deg toward a commanded 100 deg reorientation and equilibrates
# (free-space: 1 deg residual) — the rotation channel needs more authority under
# payload coupling.
task_prop_gains: tuple[float, ...] | None = None
franka_usd: str = "" # "" -> the vendored robots/assets/franka/panda_instanceable.usd
franka_urdf: str = "" # "" -> the vendored kinematics URDF (used by the pink_ik control mode)
def __post_init__(self) -> None:
assets = asset_path(Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "assets") / "franka"
self.franka_usd = self.franka_usd or str(assets / "panda_instanceable.usd")
self.franka_urdf = self.franka_urdf or str(assets / "panda_kinematics.urdf")
@ROBOTS.register("franka")
class FrankaRobot(BaseRobot):
"""Franka Panda arm + gripper. `apply_action` delegates to the controller for `control_mode`; the
2 gripper fingers are always direct position targets, the 7 arm joints by the mode's arm controller
(torque-mode OSC, or position-mode JointController)."""
control_modes: tuple[str, ...] = ("osc", "impedance", "diff_ik", "pink_ik", "joint") # osc default: smooth on this arm
cfg: FrankaRobotCfg
ARM_JOINTS: tuple[str, ...] = ("panda_joint[1-7]",)
GRIPPER_JOINTS: tuple[str, ...] = ("panda_finger_joint.*",)
EE_BODY: str = "panda_hand" # the OSC control frame (a real body with a Jacobian)
#: Eye-in-hand view at the standard RealSense D435 bracket pose (ManiSkill panda_wristcam /
#: DROID rig): beside the hand, looking parallel to the +z approach axis, ~90 deg FOV.
CAMERAS: ClassVar[dict[str, dict]] = {
"wrist": {"link": "panda_hand", "eye": (0.0465, -0.02, 0.036), "target": (0.0465, -0.02, 0.3),
"focal": 10.5},
}
# Action/target rate (s). Torque modes (osc/impedance): ~15 Hz target (Isaac `Factory-NutThread`,
# decim 8 @ 120 Hz), latched while the torque law recomputes every physics step (see
# `_TaskSpaceController.apply`). Joint mode: ~50 Hz, held by the actuator PD.
TORQUE_CONTROL_DT: float = 1.0 / 15.0
JOINT_CONTROL_DT: float = 0.02
def __init__(self, cfg: FrankaRobotCfg | None = None) -> None:
super().__init__(cfg or FrankaRobotCfg())
# ----- assets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
def assets(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
"""The Franka articulation (`FRANKA_PANDA_HIGH_PD_CFG`), base fixed per `cfg.fixed_base`, spawned
at the configured pose. In the torque modes ("impedance"/"osc") the arm actuators are set to
torque mode (zero stiffness/damping); in "diff_ik"/"joint" mode they keep position PD. The gripper is always PD."""
from isaaclab_assets.robots.franka import FRANKA_PANDA_HIGH_PD_CFG
c = self.cfg
robot = FRANKA_PANDA_HIGH_PD_CFG.copy() # type: ignore[attr-defined]
robot.prim_path = f"{{ENV_REGEX_NS}}/{self.prim_name}" # cfg.name-namespaced (default "Robot")
robot.spawn.usd_path = c.franka_usd # vendored local panda (resolved in cfg.__post_init__)
robot.spawn.articulation_props.fix_root_link = c.fixed_base
robot.init_state.pos = c.base_pos
robot.init_state.rot = c.base_rot
# Home the 7 arm joints to cfg.default_dof_pos (reset() reads this via default_joint_pos);
# keep the gripper-finger defaults.
robot.init_state.joint_pos = {
**robot.init_state.joint_pos,
**{f"panda_joint{i + 1}": float(q) for i, q in enumerate(c.default_dof_pos)},
}
torque_mode = self.control_mode in ("impedance", "osc")
for arm_act in ("panda_shoulder", "panda_forearm"):
robot.actuators[arm_act].stiffness = 0.0 if torque_mode else c.arm_stiffness
robot.actuators[arm_act].damping = 0.0 if torque_mode else c.arm_damping
if c.arm_effort_limit is not None:
robot.actuators[arm_act].effort_limit_sim = c.arm_effort_limit
robot.actuators["panda_hand"].stiffness = c.gripper_stiffness
robot.actuators["panda_hand"].damping = c.gripper_damping
if c.gripper_effort_limit is not None:
robot.actuators["panda_hand"].effort_limit_sim = c.gripper_effort_limit
if c.gravity_compensation is not None:
# Newton-backend gravity compensation: swap in the MuJoCo rigid-body schema carrying
# `gravcomp` (imported lazily so the PhysX/2.x venv never touches isaaclab_newton).
from isaaclab_newton.sim.schemas.schemas_cfg import MujocoRigidBodyPropertiesCfg
robot.spawn.rigid_props = MujocoRigidBodyPropertiesCfg(gravcomp=c.gravity_compensation)
if c.disable_arm_gravity:
robot.spawn.rigid_props.disable_gravity = True
return {self.name: robot}
# ----- lifecycle (hooks; the base orchestrates bind -> on_bind -> build_controller) ---------
def on_bind(self, env: BaseEnv) -> None:
self.articulation: Articulation = env.iscene[self.name]
def build_controller(self) -> CompositeController:
"""`composite([<arm controller>, joint(gripper)])` for the active mode. The gripper is always a
position JointController (2 fingers); the arm controller is OSC (torque) or JointController
(position)."""
torque_mode = self.control_mode in ("impedance", "osc")
ctrl_dt = self.TORQUE_CONTROL_DT if torque_mode else self.JOINT_CONTROL_DT
gripper = JointController(JointControllerCfg(self.GRIPPER_JOINTS, dt=ctrl_dt), command_type="position")
if torque_mode:
ts_cfg = TaskSpaceControllerCfg(
dt=ctrl_dt, # target rate; the torque law itself recomputes every physics step (see apply)
ee_body=self.EE_BODY,
arm_joint_names=self.ARM_JOINTS,
nullspace_dof_pos=self.cfg.nullspace_dof_pos or self.cfg.default_dof_pos, # () -> home pose
ema_factor=0.2, # smooth the action stream
)
if self.cfg.kp_null is not None:
ts_cfg.kp_null = self.cfg.kp_null
ts_cfg.kd_null = 2.0 * math.sqrt(self.cfg.kp_null)
if self.cfg.task_prop_gains is not None:
ts_cfg.task_prop_gains = tuple(self.cfg.task_prop_gains)
ts_cfg.task_deriv_gains = () # keep critical damping (2*sqrt(kp))
cls = TaskSpaceImpedanceController if self.control_mode == "impedance" else OperationalSpaceController
arm: Any = cls(ts_cfg)
elif self.control_mode == "diff_ik":
# Same 6-D delta action as the torque modes; the DLS step emits joint position targets
# the arm PD (cfg.arm_stiffness/arm_damping, HIGH_PD 400/80) tracks.
arm = DiffIKController(DiffIKControllerCfg(dt=ctrl_dt, ee_body=self.EE_BODY, arm_joint_names=self.ARM_JOINTS))
elif self.control_mode == "pink_ik":
# One frame task on the hand over the 7-joint chain (kinematics-only URDF; USD names ==
# URDF names on the panda). Task costs = the G1's proven set (position 8/m, orientation
# 2/rad, gain 0.5, lm 10 — the FrameTaskCfg defaults); the 1-DOF elbow redundancy is
# anchored by the nullspace posture pull toward home. Emits joint position targets the
# same 400/80 arm PD tracks.
arm = PinkIKController(
PinkIKControllerCfg(
dt=ctrl_dt,
urdf_path=self.cfg.franka_urdf,
base_link="panda_link0",
base_link_frame="panda_link0",
frames=(FrameTaskCfg(self.EE_BODY),),
joint_names=self.ARM_JOINTS,
nullspace_joints=tuple(f"panda_joint{i}" for i in range(1, 8)),
)
)
elif self.control_mode == "joint":
arm = JointController(JointControllerCfg(self.ARM_JOINTS, dt=ctrl_dt), command_type="position")
else:
raise ValueError(f"unknown Franka control_mode {self.control_mode!r}; known: {self.control_modes}")
return CompositeController([arm, gripper])
def reset(self, env_ids: torch.Tensor) -> None:
"""Home pose: default joint state; hold all joint position targets at default (the gripper PD
holds, the arm targets are inert in torque mode). Root written to the fixed spawn pose + origin."""
art = self.articulation
jp = art.data.default_joint_pos[env_ids].clone()
jv = art.data.default_joint_vel[env_ids].clone()
art.write_joint_state_to_sim(jp, jv, env_ids=env_ids)
art.set_joint_position_target(jp, env_ids=env_ids)
art.set_joint_effort_target(torch.zeros_like(jp), env_ids=env_ids)
root = art.data.default_root_state[env_ids].clone()
root[:, 0:3] += self.env.iscene.env_origins[env_ids]
art.write_root_state_to_sim(root, env_ids)
if self.controller is not None:
self.controller.reset(env_ids)
# NOTE: apply_action / action_dim are inherited from BaseRobot — they delegate to self.controller
# (composite of arm + gripper). The OSC arm writes effort, the gripper writes position, each through
# the sink it captured at bind.
# get_state / set_state are inherited from BaseRobot (single-articulation sim state + controller).
# ----- description --------------------------------------------------------------------------
def describe(self) -> str:
mode = self.control_mode
if mode == "impedance":
arm = "7 arm joints by task-space impedance (joint torque); the action is 6 end-effector pose deltas"
elif mode == "osc":
arm = "7 arm joints by operational-space control (joint torque); the action is 6 end-effector pose deltas"
elif mode == "diff_ik":
arm = "7 arm joints by differential IK (joint position targets); the action is 6 end-effector pose deltas"
elif mode == "pink_ik":
arm = ("7 arm joints by Pink QP IK (joint position targets); the action is the absolute hand pose "
"[pos, quat wxyz] in the env frame")
else:
arm = "7 arm joints by direct position targets"
return (
f"A Franka Emika Panda arm with a parallel-jaw gripper, fixed to the table. Control mode "
f"'{mode}': {arm}, plus 2 gripper fingers by direct position target. Action dim {self.action_dim}."
)