pymoveit2

Basic Python interface for MoveIt 2 built on top of ROS 2 actions and services.

Note: The official Python library for MoveIt 2 moveit_py is now available. Check the announcement here!


Joint Goal	Pose Goal	Gripper Action	MoveIt 2 Servo

Instructions

Dependencies

These are the primary dependencies required to use this project.

ROS 2 Galactic, Humble or Rolling (tested June 2022)
MoveIt 2 corresponding to the selected ROS 2 distribution

All additional dependencies are installed via rosdep during the building process below.

Building

Clone this repository, install dependencies and build with colcon.

# Clone this repository into your favourite ROS 2 workspace
git clone https://github.com/AndrejOrsula/pymoveit2.git
# Install dependencies
rosdep install -y -r -i --rosdistro ${ROS_DISTRO} --from-paths .
# Build
colcon build --merge-install --symlink-install --cmake-args "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"

Sourcing

Before utilising this package, remember to source the ROS 2 workspace.

source install/local_setup.bash

This enables importing of pymoveit2 module from external workspaces.

Examples

To demonstrate pymoveit2 usage, examples directory contains scripts that demonstrate the basic functionality. Additional examples can be found under ign_moveit2_examples repository.

Prior to running the examples, configure an environment for control of a robot with MoveIt 2. For instance, one of the following launch scripts from panda_ign_moveit2 repository can be used.

# RViz (fake) ROS 2 control
ros2 launch panda_moveit_config ex_fake_control.launch.py
# Gazebo (simulated) ROS 2 control
ros2 launch panda_moveit_config ex_ign_control.launch.py

After that, the individual scripts can be run.

# Move to joint configuration
ros2 run pymoveit2 ex_joint_goal.py --ros-args -p joint_positions:="[1.57, -1.57, 0.0, -1.57, 0.0, 1.57, 0.7854]"
# Move to Cartesian pose (motion in either joint or Cartesian space)
ros2 run pymoveit2 ex_pose_goal.py --ros-args -p position:="[0.25, 0.0, 1.0]" -p quat_xyzw:="[0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0]" -p cartesian:=False
# Repeatadly toggle the gripper (or use "open"/"close" actions)
ros2 run pymoveit2 ex_gripper.py --ros-args -p action:="toggle"
# Example of using MoveIt 2 Servo to move the end-effector in a circular motion
ros2 run pymoveit2 ex_servo.py
# Example of adding a collision object with primitive geometry to the planning scene of MoveIt 2
ros2 run pymoveit2 ex_collision_primitive.py --ros-args -p shape:="sphere" -p position:="[0.5, 0.0, 0.5]" -p dimensions:="[0.04]"
# Example of adding a collision object with mesh geometry to the planning scene of MoveIt 2
ros2 run pymoveit2 ex_collision_mesh.py --ros-args -p action:="add" -p position:="[0.5, 0.0, 0.5]" -p quat_xyzw:="[0.0, 0.0, -0.707, 0.707]"

Directory Structure

The following directory structure is utilised for this package.

.
├── examples/              # [dir] Examples demonstrating the use of `pymoveit2`
├── pymoveit2/             # [dir] ROS 2 launch scripts
    ├── robots/            # [dir] Presets for robots (data that can be extracted from URDF/SRDF)
    ├── gripper_command.py # Interface for Gripper that is controlled by GripperCommand
    ├── moveit2_gripper.py # Interface for MoveIt 2 Gripper that is controlled by JointTrajectoryController
    ├── moveit2_servo.py   # Interface for MoveIt 2 Servo that enables real-time control in Cartesian Space
    └── moveit2.py         # Interface for MoveIt 2 that enables planning and execution of trajectories
├── CMakeLists.txt         # Colcon-enabled CMake recipe
└── package.xml            # ROS 2 package metadata