Fix xyz and rpy offsets in fixed joint reduction #500

iche033 · 2021-02-23T05:17:30Z

Continuation of the fix from pull request #497. This is another report and contribution from external user.

The xyzOffset and rpyOffset computation seems to be incorrect for a model plugin during fixed joint reduction.

This diagram describes the urdf configuration that is being tested:

The model has three links connected together by two fixed joints with [0 1 0] pos and [0 0 pi/4] rotation joint origin as shown in the diagram (see test/integration/fixed_joint_reduction_plugin_frame_extension.urdf). The model plugin has these relevant params:

    <plugin name='test_plugin' filename='libtest_plugin.so'>
      ...
      <bodyName>link2</bodyName>
      <xyzOffset>0 0 0</xyzOffset>
      <rpyOffset>0 0 0</rpyOffset>
    </plugin>

After fixed joint reduction, link1 and link2 are merged into base_link and hence the xyzOffset and rpyOffset values are also modified to be in the base_link frame

Before the changes: the urdf parser produces these offsets:

bodyName: "base_link"
xyzOffset: -0.707108, -1.70711, 0
rpyOffset: 0, 0, -1.5708

Looking at the offsets and also the diagram above, these values do not look correct.

After the changes: the urdf parser produces these offsets:

bodyName: "base_link"
xyzOffset: -0.707108, 1.70711, 0
rpyOffset: 0, 0, 1.5708

These values match what's shown in the diagram.

Note the code has been around for many years so I appreciate a closer look at this. Looking at gazebo_ros_pkgs, the one plugin that could be affected is the gazebo_ros_p3d plugin, which is a model plugin and makes use of these offsets. The issue only happens if the user has this plugin and references a frame that's being reduced due to fixed joints. Here's a related issue in gazebo_ros_pkgs. The comments suggest that people have worked around it by disabling fixed joint lumping or using continuous joints with zero limits.

Signed-off-by: Ian Chen [email protected]

Signed-off-by: Ian Chen <[email protected]>

azeey · 2021-02-24T19:01:19Z

The fact that it generates

xyzOffset: -0.707108, -1.70711, 0
rpyOffset: 0, 0, -1.5708

before the updates in this PR confuse me. If it was doing the inverse (i.e, base_link relative to link2), wouldn't it be
xyzOffset: -1.70711, -0.707108, 0
rpyOffset: 0, 0, -1.5708

Aside from that, the changes makes sense to me, but like you said, this is problematic for gazebo_ros_p3d. Particularly, gazebo_ros_p3d.cpp#L295 has

        pose.Rot() = this->offset_.Rot()*pose.Rot();

If we merge this PR, we need to update that line to

        pose.Rot() = pose.Rot() * this->offset_.Rot();

iche033 · 2021-02-24T20:21:13Z

The inverseTransformToParentFrame function could be doing the math wrong?

If I set the bodyName to link1 (instead of link2), I get an xyzOffset of 0 -1 0 0 0 -0.7854 but I would expect it to produce something like -0.707108 -0.707108 0 (base_link relative to link1)

azeey · 2021-02-24T22:49:48Z

I worked through the math in inverseTransformToParentFrame and it doesn't quite come out to the inverse of TransformToParentFrame.

The code currently does:
R_BL^-1 p_LQ - p_BL

but for it to be the inverse of TransformToParentFrame, I think it should be:
R_BL^-1 p_LQ - R_BL^-1 p_BL

where:
R_BL : _parentToLinkTransform.rotation
p_LQ : _transformInLinkFrame.Pos()
p_BL: _parentToLinkTransform.position

Also, I noticed that with the changes in this PR, inverseTransformToParentFrame is not used anymore.

Signed-off-by: Ian Chen <[email protected]>

iche033 · 2021-02-26T01:30:13Z

thanks for checking the math. I've removed the inverseTransformToParentFrame function since that it's incorrect and no longer used. de3e268.

iche033 · 2021-02-26T01:59:03Z

here is the gazebo_ros_pkgs PR for the updating the rotation offset calculation: ros-simulation/gazebo_ros_pkgs#1241

chapulina · 2021-07-10T01:56:16Z

What's the status of this PR? It's been approved for a while.

scpeters · 2021-07-14T04:34:13Z

fix for Ubuntu CI in #626

codecov-commenter · 2021-07-14T05:56:33Z

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Merging #500 (26deff0) into sdf6 (b06cc18) will increase coverage by 0.69%.
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scpeters · 2021-07-14T20:18:36Z

I wonder if we should try to inject a <ignition:corrected_offsets>true</ignition:corrected_offsets> tag into the plugin block to simplify the logic in gazebo_plugins required to handle this? I think this will be easier than tracking which version of libsdformat has the behavior change

Signed-off-by: Ian Chen <[email protected]>

iche033 · 2021-07-16T06:15:30Z

inject a ignition:corrected_offsetstrue</ignition:corrected_offsets> tag into the plugin block

alright I implemented this suggestion in 536b847. One question, do we need the ignition namespace?

scpeters · 2021-07-16T07:11:41Z

inject a ignition:corrected_offsetstrue</ignition:corrected_offsets> tag into the plugin block

alright I implemented this suggestion in 536b847. One question, do we need the ignition namespace?

well, since it's in a plugin none of the tags are part of the spec, so a namespace wouldn't be required for that reason, but since we are injecting the element, I feel better about using a namespace so we don't conflict with any preexisting user tags. I think it's unlikely, so we could probably be fine without the namespace, but I have a slight preference for it. If others feel more strongly about not using ignition:, I'm happy to go along with removing the namespace

iche033 · 2021-07-16T16:48:48Z

ok sounds good! I'll keep the ignition namespace

scpeters · 2021-07-23T20:52:53Z

I just noticed that it seems to be inserting two <ignition::corrected_offsets>1</ignition::corrected_offsets> tags

scpeters · 2021-07-23T20:55:06Z

src/parser_urdf.cc

@@ -3473,14 +3444,21 @@ void ReduceSDFExtensionPluginFrameReplace(
          // remove xyzOffset and rpyOffset
          (*_blobIt)->RemoveChild(rpyKey);
        }
+        TiXmlNode* correctedOffsetKey =
+            (*_blobIt)->FirstChild("ignition::corrected_offsets");
+        if (!correctedOffsetKey)


I think the logic is backwards here. Should the ! be removed?

removed in 2eba874

Signed-off-by: Steven Peters <[email protected]>

scpeters · 2021-07-23T20:58:58Z

I just noticed that it seems to be inserting two <ignition::corrected_offsets>1</ignition::corrected_offsets> tags

should be fixed by 2eba874

iche033 · 2021-07-23T22:50:07Z

should be fixed by 2eba874

thanks!

There is special handling in the parser_urdf code to update plugin fields when links are merged together during fixed joint reduction. A test for this was added to sdf6 in gazebosim#500. A portion of this test is applied directly to the sdf10 branch to illustrate that it is broken. Signed-off-by: Steve Peters <[email protected]>

There is special handling in the parser_urdf code to update plugin fields when links are merged together during fixed joint reduction. A test for this was added to sdf6 in #500. A portion of this test is applied directly to the sdf10 branch to illustrate a problem with ReduceSDFExtensionPluginFrameReplace in parser_urdf.cc. The original migration to use tinyxml2 in #264 changed the data structure used in SDFExtension to store XMLDocuments instead of XMLPointers, which requires an extra call to FirstChildElement, but the ReduceSDFExtension*FrameReplace functions did not receive this update. The fix here refactors the function arguments to pass the first child element directly, which simplifies the helper function implementation. Signed-off-by: Steve Peters <[email protected]>

osrf-triage · 2022-01-10T21:45:57Z

This pull request has been mentioned on Gazebo Community. There might be relevant details there:

https://community.gazebosim.org/t/new-ignition-releases-2022-01-10/1228/1

osrf-triage · 2022-03-25T22:29:48Z

This pull request has been mentioned on Gazebo Community. There might be relevant details there:

https://community.gazebosim.org/t/new-ignition-releases-2022-03-25-fortress-edifice-citadel/1343/1

iche033 added 2 commits February 17, 2021 19:02

parse rpyOffset as radians

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update tf for xyz and rpy offsets

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iche033 requested review from azeey and scpeters February 23, 2021 05:17

remove inverse transform function in urdf parser

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Reverse order of rotation offset (rpyOffset) calculation in p3d and imu plugins ros-simulation/gazebo_ros_pkgs#1241

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Use Ubuntu bionic in CI #626

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9 to 10 20211108 #741

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Fix URDF fixed joint reduction of plugins #745

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