Humanoid agent operations

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Operations on the movement of agents †

Describes how to operate the joints of agents or anthropomorphic robots.

Operations of joints of robots †

Here is the sample code to change the angle of joint of human hand.

Creating the Controller †

Let's create a controller file AgentController.cpp in the MyWorld workspace.

$ emacs AgentController.cpp

AgentController.cpp

In this controller, the avatar agent bend the left arm to 45 degree by the my->setJointAngle function.

Compilation †

The same script sigmake.sh should be used for the compilation as well as the previous example.

$ ./sigmake.sh AgentController.cpp

Creating world files †

Then create a world file in the same workspace.

$ emacs AgentWorld.xml

AgentWorld.xml

The file specifies Man-nii.xml as humanoid avatar. Dynamics mode is set to false to specify concrete joint angle value to change the posture of the avatar. Please be careful that you cannot specify such concrete joint angle values in dynamics On mode.

Starting SIGVerse †

So let's start SIGVerse.

$ sigserver.sh -w ./AgentWorld.xml

Connect to the SIGServer and push the "START" button to start the simulator. You can see that the agent holds the left arm to 45 degree.

We use setJointAngle to set the angle of "LARM_JOINT2" to 45 degree."LARM_JOINT2" is the name of the joint defined for rotation of the left shoulder on Z axis.

Joint names of these files are defined in sigverse-x3d <version> / share / sigverse / data / shape / (nii_man.x3d) .

Joint names and join definitions of the sample model described in current Agentworld.xml file are read from file Man_nii.xml which in turn is reading the file nii_man.x3d describing the shape of a human-type agent.

Man-nii humanoid agent is an object that inherits from the Agent class. The default value of the Agent class attribute is set in Agent.xml. Let's see the file Agent.xml

$ less xml/Agent.xml

Furthermore, Agent class has inherited the Entity class. Entity class is the class of objects that do not behave autonomously.

Agents, basic attributes of an entity †

Entities introduces the basic properties of the agent.

Attribute of an entity

Agent attributes

These attributes can be set in all the world files.

Operating agents with a Command †

In the above example, a function onAction was used to raise the hands of the agent. Next sample code uses message sending function in order to control the avatar from SIGViewer.

Let's create another controller file named AgentController2.cpp

$ emacs AgentController2.cpp

AgetnController2.cpp

agent puts its hands down when onAction function is called , The onRecvMessage function will be called when a message is sent to the controller. In this example, the agent will bows when a message "Hello" comes.

Compile the new controller file.

$ ./sigmake.sh AgentController2.cpp

World file †

You should modify the world file to use the new controller file.

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Execute the server †

Input the following command to execute the SIGVerse server.

$ sigserver.sh -w ./AgentWorld.xml

Start the SIGViewer, and connect to the SIGServer. When you push the start button, the avatar agent down its both hands with onAction function.

Sending a message †

Click the "Message" button on the right bottom of the SIGViewer. A new subwindow "SendMessage" will appear. Select the target agent "man_000" in the TargetEntity field. Next, input a message "Hello" in the following Message: field as shown in the figure.

Click the "Send" button if you input the message.

You can see the avator bows.

Joint rotation with quaternion †

Rotation of the joint can also be set by the quaternion.

AgentController2.cpp

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setJointquaternion function sets the joint angle using quaternions. The joint names of the quaternion are specified in argument w, x, y, z.

Please try to make sure the joint is rotated correctly.

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