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Setting MoveIt Goal State in RViz

asked 2013-10-04 14:24:09 -0500

Peaches491 gravatar image

updated 2014-01-28 17:18:08 -0500

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I am looking to programatically move the orange goal state in MoveIt, but I cannot update the displayed goal state.

I can, however, create a goal state, and plan a path to it. The goal pose in the rviz window will never change. My current code is as follows:

global group group = MoveGroupCommander("left_arm")

global end_effector_link
end_effector_link = group.get_end_effector_link()

new_pose = group.get_current_pose().pose

print(new_pose)

new_pose.position.x = new_pose.position.x + 0.1
new_pose.position.y = new_pose.position.y - 0.1
new_pose.position.z = new_pose.position.z - 0.1

print('Setting Pose Target')
group.set_pose_target(new_pose, end_effector_link)

print('Planning position Target')
group.plan()

Is it possible to achieve my desired output with Python? Or would I have better luck using C++?

Thank you!

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answered 2013-10-04 21:34:16 -0500

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You can use the RobotState plugin to display any of your own robot states: http://moveit.ros.org/wiki/RobotStateDisplay/C%2B%2B_API

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Is there any such API for Python?

Peaches491 gravatar image Peaches491  ( 2013-10-05 11:38:37 -0500 )edit

Yes. The C++ API is just an example. You can write equivalent code in Python to publish RobotState messages and the robot would move as well. The RobotState class does not yet have Python bindings, but that is coming in the near future.

isucan gravatar image isucan  ( 2013-10-05 21:46:12 -0500 )edit

And what topic would I publish this robot state to? And how would I make MoveIt display that as my goal state?

Peaches491 gravatar image Peaches491  ( 2013-10-06 04:35:28 -0500 )edit

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