Franka Emika Panda Description (MJCF)

Requires MuJoCo 2.3.3 or later.

Overview

This package contains a simplified robot description (MJCF) of the Franka Emika Panda developed by Franka Emika. It is derived from the publicly available URDF description.

URDF → MJCF derivation steps

1. Converted the DAE mesh files to OBJ format using Blender.
2. Processed .obj files with obj2mjcf.
3. Eliminated the perfectly flat link0_6 from the resulting submeshes created for link0.
4. Created a convex decomposition of the STL collision mesh file for link5 using V-HACD.
5. Added <mujoco> <compiler discardvisual="false"/> </mujoco> to the URDF's <robot> clause in order to preserve visual geometries.
6. Loaded the URDF into MuJoCo and saved a corresponding MJCF.
7. Matched inertial parameters with inertial.yaml.
8. Added a tracking light to the base.
9. Manually edited the MJCF to extract common properties into the <default> section.
10. Added <exclude> clauses to prevent collisions between link7 and link8.
11. Manually designed collision geoms for the fingertips.
12. Added position-controlled actuators for the arm.
13. Added an equality constraint so that the left finger mimics the position of the right finger.
14. Added a tendon to split the force equally between both fingers and a position actuator acting on this tendon.
15. Added scene.xml which includes the robot, with a textured groundplane, skybox, and haze.

License

This model is released under an Apache-2.0 License.