#script to control a simulated robot hand using a VR glove #see https://twitter.com/erwincoumans/status/821953216271106048 #and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6s37aBXbV8 #vr glove was custom build using Spectra Symbolflex sensors (4.5") #inside a Under Armour Batting Glove, using DFRobot Bluno BLE/Beetle #with BLE Link to receive serial (for wireless bluetooth serial) import serial import time import pybullet as p #first try to connect to shared memory (VR), if it fails use local GUI c = p.connect(p.SHARED_MEMORY) if (c<0): c = p.connect(p.GUI) p.setInternalSimFlags(0)#don't load default robot assets etc p.resetSimulation() #p.resetSimulation() p.setGravity(0,0,-10) objects = [p.loadURDF("plane.urdf", 0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000)] objects = [p.loadURDF("jenga/jenga.urdf", 1.300000,-0.700000,0.750000,0.000000,0.707107,0.000000,0.707107)] objects = [p.loadURDF("jenga/jenga.urdf", 1.200000,-0.700000,0.750000,0.000000,0.707107,0.000000,0.707107)] objects = [p.loadURDF("jenga/jenga.urdf", 1.100000,-0.700000,0.750000,0.000000,0.707107,0.000000,0.707107)] objects = [p.loadURDF("jenga/jenga.urdf", 1.000000,-0.700000,0.750000,0.000000,0.707107,0.000000,0.707107)] objects = [p.loadURDF("jenga/jenga.urdf", 0.900000,-0.700000,0.750000,0.000000,0.707107,0.000000,0.707107)] objects = [p.loadURDF("jenga/jenga.urdf", 0.800000,-0.700000,0.750000,0.000000,0.707107,0.000000,0.707107)] objects = [p.loadURDF("table/table.urdf", 1.000000,-0.200000,0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,0.707107,0.707107)] objects = [p.loadURDF("cube_small.urdf", 0.950000,-0.100000,0.700000,0.000000,0.000000,0.707107,0.707107)] objects = [p.loadURDF("sphere_small.urdf", 0.850000,-0.400000,0.700000,0.000000,0.000000,0.707107,0.707107)] #load the MuJoCo MJCF hand objects = p.loadMJCF("MPL/mpl2.xml") hand=objects[0] ho = p.getQuaternionFromEuler([3.14,-3.14/2,0]) hand_cid = p.createConstraint(hand,-1,-1,-1,p.JOINT_FIXED,[0,0,0],[-0.05,0,0.02],[0.500000,0.300006,0.700000],ho) print ("hand_cid") print (hand_cid) for i in range (p.getNumJoints(hand)): p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,i,p.POSITION_CONTROL,0,0) #clamp in range 400-600 #minV = 400 #maxV = 600 minV = 250 maxV = 450 POSITION=1 ORIENTATION=2 BUTTONS=6 p.setRealTimeSimulation(1) def convertSensor(x): v = minV try: v = float(x) except ValueError: v = minV if (vmaxV): v=maxV b = (v-minV)/float(maxV-minV) return (b) controllerId = -1 serialSteps = 0 serialStepsUntilCheckVREvents = 3 def getSerialOrNone(portname): try: return serial.Serial(port=portname,baudrate=115200,parity=serial.PARITY_ODD,stopbits=serial.STOPBITS_TWO,bytesize=serial.SEVENBITS) except: return None ser = None portindex = 10 while (ser is None and portindex < 30): portname = 'COM'+str(portindex) print(portname) ser = getSerialOrNone(portname) if (ser is None): portname = "/dev/cu.usbmodem14"+str(portindex) print(portname) ser = getSerialOrNone(portname) if (ser is not None): print("COnnected!") portindex = portindex+1 p.saveWorld("setupTrackerWorld.py") if (ser.isOpen()): while True: events = p.getVREvents(deviceTypeFilter=p.VR_DEVICE_GENERIC_TRACKER) for e in (events): p.changeConstraint(hand_cid,e[POSITION],e[ORIENTATION], maxForce=50) serialSteps = 0 while ser.inWaiting() > 0: serialSteps=serialSteps+1 if (serialSteps>serialStepsUntilCheckVREvents): ser.flushInput() break line = str(ser.readline()) words = line.split(",") if (len(words)==6): pink = convertSensor(words[1]) middle = convertSensor(words[2]) index = convertSensor(words[3]) thumb = convertSensor(words[4])+0.2 p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,5,p.POSITION_CONTROL,1.3) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,7,p.POSITION_CONTROL,thumb) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,9,p.POSITION_CONTROL,thumb) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,11,p.POSITION_CONTROL,thumb) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,15,p.POSITION_CONTROL,index) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,17,p.POSITION_CONTROL,index) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,19,p.POSITION_CONTROL,index) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,22,p.POSITION_CONTROL,middle) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,24,p.POSITION_CONTROL,middle) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,26,p.POSITION_CONTROL,middle) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,38,p.POSITION_CONTROL,pink) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,40,p.POSITION_CONTROL,pink) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,42,p.POSITION_CONTROL,pink) ringpos = 0.5*(pink+middle) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,30,p.POSITION_CONTROL,ringpos) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,32,p.POSITION_CONTROL,ringpos) p.setJointMotorControl2(hand,34,p.POSITION_CONTROL,ringpos) #print(middle) #print(pink) #print(index) #print(thumb)