Migration from Gazebo-classic: Joint API
When migrating plugins from Gazebo-classic to Gazebo, developers will notice that the C++ APIs for both simulators are quite different. Be sure to check the plugin migration tutorial to get a high-level view of the architecture differences before using this guide.
This tutorial is meant to serve as a reference guide for developers migrating functions from the gazebo::phyiscs::Joint class.
If you're trying to use some API which doesn't have an equivalent on Gazebo yet, feel free to ticket an issue.
Joint API
Gazebo-classic's gazebo::physics::Joint provides lots of functionality, which can be divided in these categories:
- Properties: Setting / getting properties
- Example: Joint::Anchor / Joint::SetAnchor
- Read family: Getting children and parent
- Example: Joint::GetChild
- Write family: Adding children, changing parent
- Example: Joint::RemoveChildren
- Lifecycle: Functions to control the joint's lifecycle
- Example: Joint::Init
You'll find the Gazebo APIs below on the following headers:
- ignition/gazebo/Joint.hh
- ignition/gazebo/Util.hh
- ignition/gazebo/SdfEntityCreator.hh
- ignition/gazebo/EntityComponentManager.hh
It's worth remembering that most of this functionality can be performed using the EntityComponentManager directly.
As an example the Join::Pose() is a convienient function for querying the Pose component from the EntityComponentManager, i.e.
The functions presented in the sections below exist for convenience and readability. The items marked as TODO means that the equivalent API is not implemented yet in Gazebo.
Properties
Most of Gazebo-classic's Joint API is related to setting and getting properties. These functions are great candidates to have equivalents on Gazebo, because the Entity-Component-System architecture is perfect for setting components (properties) into entities such as joints.
| Classic | Gazebo |
|---|---|
| AddType | ecm.CreateComponent<Type>(entity, Type()) |
| Anchor | TODO |
| AnchorErrorPose | TODO |
| ApplyStiffnessDamping | TODO |
| AreConnected | TODO |
| AxisFrame | TODO |
| AxisFrameOffset | TODO |
| CacheForceTorque | TODO |
| CheckAndTruncateForce | TODO |
| DOF | TODO |
| FillMsg | TODO |
| GetDamping | TODO |
| GetEffortLimit | TODO |
| GetForce | ignition::gazebo::Joint::TransmittedWrench |
| GetForceTorque | ignition::gazebo::Joint::TransmittedWrench |
| GetId | ignition::gazebo::Joint::Entity |
| GetInertiaRatio | TODO |
| GetJointLink | use ignition::gazebo::Joint::*LinkName |
| GetMsgType | TODO |
| GetName | ignition::gazebo::Joint::Name |
| GetParam | TODO |
| GetSaveable | Not supported |
| GetScopedName | ignition::gazebo::scopedName |
| GetSDF | TODO |
| GetSDFDom | TODO |
| GetSpringReferencePosition | TODO |
| GetStiffness | TODO |
| GetStopDissipation | TODO |
| GetStopStiffness | TODO |
| GetType | ignition::gazebo::Joint::Type |
| GetVelocity | ignition::gazebo::Joint::Velocity |
| GetVelocityLimit | TODO |
| GetWorldEnergyPotentialSpring | TODO |
| GlobalAxis | TODO |
| HasType | gazebo::components::Joint::typeId == entityTypeId(entity, ecm) |
| InertiaRatio | TODO |
| InitialAnchorPose | TODO |
| IsSelected | Selection is client-specific, not porting |
| LinkForce | TODO |
| LinkTorque | TODO |
| LocalAxis | ignition::gazebo::Joint::Axis |
| LowerLimit | TODO |
| ParentWorldPose | TODO |
| Position | ignition::gazebo::Joint::Position |
| TODO | |
| ResolveAxisXyz | TODO |
| SDFPoseRelativeToParent | ignition::gazebo::Joint::Pose |
| SDFSemanticPose | ignition::gazebo::Joint::Pose |
| SetAnchor | TODO |
| SetAxis | TODO |
| SetDamping | TODO |
| SetEffortLimit | ignition::gazebo::Joint::SetEffortLimits |
| SetForce | ignition::gazebo::Joint::SetForce |
| SetLowerLimit | ignition::gazebo::Joint::SetPositionLimits |
| SetName | TODO |
| SeParam | TODO |
| SetPosition | ignition::gazebo::Joint::ResetPosition |
| SetProvideFeedback | ignition::gazebo::Joint::EnableTransmittedWrenchCheck |
| SetSaveable | Not supported |
| SetSelected | Selection is client-specific, not porting |
| SetState | TODO |
| SetStiffness | TODO |
| SetStiffnessDamping | TODO |
| SetStopDissipation | TODO |
| SetStopStiffness | TODO |
| SetUpperLimit | ignition::gazebo::Joint::SetPositionLimits |
| SetVelocity | ignition::gazebo::Joint::SetVelocity |
| SetVelocityLimit | ignition::gazebo::Joint::SetVelocityLimits |
| TypeStr | ignition::gazebo::Joint::Type |
| UpdateParameters | TODO |
| UpperLimit | TODO |
| URI | TODO |
| WorldPose | TODO |
Read family
These APIs deal with reading information related to child / parent relationships.
The main difference in these APIs across Gazebo generations is that on classic, they deal with shared pointers to entities, while on Gazebo, they deal with entity IDs.
| Classic | Gazebo |
|---|---|
| GetByName | Use type-specific ignition::gazebo::Joint::*ByName |
| GetChild | Use type-specific ignition::gazebo::Joint::*ByName |
| GetChild (Child link) | ignition::gazebo::Joint::ChildLinkName |
| GetChildCount | Use type-specific ignition::gazebo::Joint::*Count |
| GetParent | ignition::gazebo::Joint::ParentModel |
| GetParent (Parent link) | ignition::gazebo::Joint::ParentLinkName |
| GetParentId | ignition::gazebo::EntiyComponentManager::ParentEntity |
| GetWorld | ignition::gazebo::worldEntity |
Write family
These functions deal with modifying the entity tree, attaching children to new parents. Note that APIs for changing a Joint's entity tree structure are currently not implemented yet.
| Classic | Gazebo |
|---|---|
| Attach | TODO |
| Detach | TODO |
| RemoveChild | TODO |
| RemoveChildren | TODO |
| SetModel | TODO |
| SetParent | TODO |
| SetWorld | TODO |
Lifecycle
These functions aren't related to the state of a joint, but perform some processing related to the joint's lifecycle, like initializing, updating or terminating it.
| Classic | Gazebo |
|---|---|
| ConnectJointUpdate | TODO |
| Fini | N/A |
| Init | N/A |
| Load | ignition::gazebo::SdfEntityCreator::CreateEntities |
| Reset | ignition::gazebo::Joint::ResetPosition / ignition::gazebo::Joint::ResetVelocity |
| Update | Entities are updated by systems |