#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.resetSimulation() p.setGravity(0,0,-10) print(c) if (c<0): p.connect(p.GUI) #load the MuJoCo MJCF hand objects = p.loadMJCF("MPL/mpl2.xml") hand=objects[0] ho = p.getQuaternionFromEuler([0,3.14,0]) hand_cid = p.createConstraint(hand,-1,-1,-1,p.JOINT_FIXED,[0,0,0],[0.1,0,0],[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 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 (1.0-b) ser = serial.Serial(port='COM9',baudrate=115200,parity=serial.PARITY_ODD,stopbits=serial.STOPBITS_TWO,bytesize=serial.SEVENBITS) if (ser.isOpen()): while True: events = p.getVREvents() for e in (events): if (e[BUTTONS][33]&p.VR_BUTTON_IS_DOWN): p.changeConstraint(hand_cid,e[POSITION],e[ORIENTATION], maxForce=50) while ser.inWaiting() > 0: line = str(ser.readline()) words = line.split(",") if (len(words)==6): middle = convertSensor(words[1]) pink = 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)