how to write an IK plugin in moveit

answered 2016-03-07 06:56:19 -0600

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updated 2016-03-07 06:58:21 -0600

If you are just trying to use a different robot with MoveIt!, you don't need a new IK plugin. The IK plugin is what Moveit uses for computing the inverse kinematics and the default one uses KDL which is a generic solver that should work for any kind of robot arm.

All Moveit! needs to work with a new robot is your robot's URDF file and you have to go through the MoveIt! setup wizard.

If you already knew this and have tried the default plugin and are not happy with the performance, there are two easy alternative IK plugins that I am aware of, the OpenRave IKFast plugin and the Trac-IK one. The IKFast method creates a solver that is custom to your robot since it is an analytical solver, Trac-IK is similar to the KDL one (both are numerical solvers) which should work for all robots.

If you have went through the trouble of solving the analytical IK solution for your arm by hand, you can make you own plugin from scratch, but that is not too easy.

Long story short: You shouldn't need to make your own plugin unless you've tried the default one and are not happy with it.

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Thank you very much ! I have tried IKFast plugin but this tutorial in Moveit seems not that right when I typed sudo apt-get install openrave0.8-dp-ikfast . the system couldn't find the openrave0.8 install package.

gutianqi ( 2016-03-07 19:32:56 -0600 )edit

Have you tried the default MoveIt plugin? Did it not work?

Airuno2L ( 2016-03-08 06:00:07 -0600 )edit

The TRAC-IK plugin should work if KDL does not. There is a list of over a dozen or so common robot platforms on the TRAC-IK Bitbucket page with IK results. If you have a URDF, I can run a quick test and tell you how well KDL and TRAC-IK perform.

pbeeson ( 2016-03-21 11:38:40 -0600 )edit

@pbeeson and @Airuno2L Does the TRAC-IK plugin support mimic joints? KDL doesn't seem to support it and I am having a hard time with the IKFast plugin.

kmohan ( 2016-07-26 15:49:50 -0600 )edit

I'm not sure, are you trying to do IK with a parallel manipulator?

Airuno2L ( 2016-07-28 07:38:10 -0600 )edit

@Airuno2L It is not a parallel manipulator. However, it does have a parallel linkage connecting the end effector to the base.

kmohan ( 2016-08-01 15:31:04 -0600 )edit

It sounds like a closed-loop mechanism, maybe a picture added to the question would help? I don't think KDL or even URDF has support for closed-loop structures but I could be wrong.

Airuno2L ( 2016-08-02 06:22:42 -0600 )edit

@Airuno2L , it is not a closed loop structure. Here is a picture of my robot. The end effector is not included in the picture and would be attached to the red colored gear-like link (called "driver") at the very end

kmohan ( 2016-08-02 14:37:05 -0600 )edit

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