qibullet 0.0.5

Bullet-based simulation for SoftBank Robotics' robots

# qibullet 

__Bullet-based__ python simulation for __SoftBank Robotics'__ robots.

## Installation

The following modules are required:
* __numpy__
* __pybullet__

The __qibullet__ module can be installed via pip, for python 2.7 and python 3:
```bash
pip install --user qibullet
```

## Usage
Please note that only the Pepper robot is currently handled by this module. A robot can be spawn via the SimulationManager class:
```python
from qibullet import SimulationManager

if __name__ == "__main__":
simulation_manager = SimulationManager()

# Launch a simulation instances, with using a graphical interface.
# Please note that only one graphical interface can be launched at a time
client_id = simulation_manager.launchSimulation(gui=True)

# Spawning a virtual Pepper robot, at the origin of the WORLD frame
pepper = simulation_manager.spawnPepper(
client_id,
[0, 0, 0],
[0, 0, 0, 1],
spawn_ground_plane=True)
```

Or via the PepperVirtual class:
```python
import time
import pybullet as p
import pybullet_data
from qibullet import PepperVirtual

if __name__ == "__main__":
physicsClient = p.connect(p.GUI)
p.configureDebugVisualizer(p.COV_ENABLE_RENDERING, 1)
p.configureDebugVisualizer(p.COV_ENABLE_RGB_BUFFER_PREVIEW, 0)
p.configureDebugVisualizer(p.COV_ENABLE_DEPTH_BUFFER_PREVIEW, 0)
p.configureDebugVisualizer(p.COV_ENABLE_SEGMENTATION_MARK_PREVIEW, 0)

p.setRealTimeSimulation(1)
p.setGravity(0, 0, -9.81)

p.setAdditionalSearchPath(pybullet_data.getDataPath())
p.loadMJCF("mjcf/ground_plane.xml")

pepper = PepperVirtual()
pepper.loadRobot([0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1], physicsClientId=physicsClient)
```

More snippets can be found in the examples folder:
* [A basic usage of the PepperVirtual class](examples/pepper_basic.py)
* [Launch multiple simulation instances](examples/multi_simulation.py)
* [A script using several simulation instances to compute the error on the joint positions](examples/pepper_joints_error.py)
* [A basic usage of the PepperRosWrapper class (bridge between qibullet and ROS)](examples/pepper_ros_test.py)
* [Script allowing a simulated model to mimic a real robot's movements](examples/pepper_shadowing.py)

## Documentation
The documentation can be generated via the following command (the __epydoc__ Python package has to be installed beforehand):
```bash
epydoc --html qibullet/ -o docs/ --name qibullet
```

## Troubleshooting

### OpenGL driver
If you encounter the message:
> Workaround for some crash in the Intel OpenGL driver on Linux/Ubuntu

Your computer is using the Intel OpenGL driver. Go to __Software & Updates__, __Additional Drivers__, and select a driver corresponding to your GPU.