Interpolated flexes with pinned nodes could not be reloaded after saving:
pinned nodes share their parent body, and their positions within it lived
only in mjsFlex.node, which had no MJCF attribute. On reload the pinned
nodes collapsed onto the parent body origin, degenerating the trilinear
interpolation grid ("flex grid rotation R0 is not orthonormal"). This
made model/flex/strain.xml and gripper_trilinear.xml fail to round-trip.
Add flex/nodecoord, real(3*nnode), the node analog of flex/vertex: local
node coordinates within the corresponding body frames. The reader picks
it up from the regenerated schema tables; the writer emits it with the
precision-aware WriteVector, since VectorToString ignores the XML
precision setting and truncating node coordinates to 6 digits while body
positions carry 17 fails the R0 orthonormality check at full precision.
Add a WritesPinnedFlexNodes round-trip regression test, and remove the
two write-read sweep exclusions documenting this bug. The removed
substring filter "strain" was also matching core_constraint, silently
excluding that entire testdata directory from the sweep; its ~40 models
are now covered and pass.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 959025281
Change-Id: I2fed28c01491c5a8431e813102a423d12b659911
The writer consumes the same generated rows as the reader.
mjXWriter::WriteAttrTable drives the mechanical attributes of an
element from its mjXAttr rows: each bound field is compared against
the class default at the same offset -- the default object is the same
struct type, so the rows carry no comparison values -- and attributes
equal to their default are skipped. A null default object means the
element has no defaults, and every defined value is written.
Ranged-arity rows write with trailing-default trimming, which the
reader makes round-trip exact by refilling from the same default.
Call sites upcast to the private mjs base (the friend declarations
permit it; mjCMesh gains the friendship its siblings had); the
comparison object is def->X().spec, a freshly-defaulted struct for
the sections, or zero-initialized for size, whose spec defaults (-1,
auto) are resolved by compilation.
Converted: pair, geom, site, joint, camera, light, material, the
equality family, both tendon types (the fixed rows are the spatial
rows without appearance attributes -- exactly the tag difference), the
actuator, flex with its three sub-elements, mesh, skin, option, the
six visual sub-sections, statistic and size. The remnants keep names,
files, resolved reference strings (the mjC classes null their private
base's string pointers; resolved names live behind accessors), and the
writing=custom policies the schema declares: compile directives never
saved (fromto, springdamper, fitscale), type-dependent lengths and
attributes (sizes, joint pos/axis/limited, shellinertia), and
alternatives (mass/density, fovy-versus-intrinsics, the plugin-gated
gain/bias family). Compiler keeps its write-if-nonzero policy;
keyframe keeps its model-sized vectors.
Saved files are canonical: attributes follow schema declaration order
with remnants trailing, and sections follow the schema's dependency
order (statistic before visual, deformable before the contact and
equality sections that name flexes, tendon before the equality
constraints that name tendons, custom demoted to the data tail).
Uniform behavior fixes fall out: default-equal positionals are
dropped, dynprm is trimmed like every other ranged vector, and mesh
material -- read into the spec but never written -- now survives
save/load round trips. Changelog entries ride along.
Verified: full suite, doc_test, and the two-tier A/B harness --
saved XML reorders attributes, and every corpus model reloads to a
byte-identical binary.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 958255003
Change-Id: I5fe7346014450db88b2f3f8680a8f616f7d31266
<pid kp kv|dampratio [ki imax] [slewmax]> is a PID controller with real position and velocity setpoint inputs on a single force output, plus an optional feedforward input. With a zero velocity setpoint it reproduces <position> bit-exactly; the input signature is any subset of [pos, vel, ff], selected with input="..." and recorded as mjtCtrlInput bits in
actuator_ctrlspec; absent setpoint inputs are fixed at zero, so the control vector contains no inert entries.
kp and kv are single-sourced in the affine bias parameters (biasprm[1,2]) with no gainprm mirror: every consumer of the position-servo shape
(dampratio conversion, inheritrange, qDeriv) reads one location, which is what makes the bit-exact <position> parity possible. Controller state uses dyntype 'pid' with slot-gated activations in the order [slew, integral], following the dcmotor slot idiom: slewmax (dynprm[1]) rate limits the effective position setpoint through an activation holding it;
ki (gainprm[0]) integrates the position error -- wrapped on rotational transmissions -- with anti-windup clamping of the integrand at imax (dynprm[0]). Both features require the pos input. Servo input unpacking is shared with the dcmotor controller (unpackServoInputs); per-input ranges are exposed as posrange/velrange/ffrange.
This subsumes the functionality of the mujoco.pid plugin with proper activation state: correct under all integrators, visible to keyframes, act sensors and reset. Migration: kp/ki/kd map to kp/ki/kv, plugin imax is in force units (divide by ki), slewmax carries over; the single ctrl becomes input="pos".
PiperOrigin-RevId: 957588898
Change-Id: Id2786836ca6e76f58e5b5cc8323fc23be0a53784
https://youtu.be/17XpwnqyCXs
New transmission type mjTRN_SO3: a relative orientation, targeting a ball
joint or a site+refsite pair. It is the first transmission with more than
one force output: its length is the norm of the expmap vector of the
relative rotation and its moment axes are the 3 rows of the
relative rotational Jacobian, without projecting onto per-actuator gears.
New force law mjGAIN_SO3/mjBIAS_SO3: a geodesic PD servo, force =
kp * log(q_current^-1 * q_target) - kv * velocity, exact for arbitrary axis
combinations with a unique equilibrium at every commanded orientation.
Error, moment rows and velocity all live in the child frame (joint or
site): the right-difference error is the gradient of the geodesic
potential in that frame. The parent-frame (left) error is not: driving
child-frame torques with it pumps energy at large angles, settling into
steady-spinning limit cycles (the SO3LargeAngleConvergence test). The
integrator variant stores the 3D orientation setpoint in act (actnum = 3,
re-anchored to a bounded representative at integration time). Exposed in
MJCF as <orientation joint=|site=+refsite= kp kv|dampratio>, or via
<general gaintype="so3" biastype="so3">.
The setpoint input has two charts: an expmap target (3 controls, default)
or a quaternion target (4 controls) -- <orientation input="quat">, the
first actuator with different input and output widths. The signature is
recorded in a new per-actuator field actuator_ctrlspec (mjtCtrlChart),
whose meaning is scoped by the gain type the way gain/bias parameters are;
ctrlnum is derived from it at compile time and remains the layout
authority. An explicit field rather than width inference or a prm slot:
width-as-chart cannot express same-width signatures (upcoming servo input
subsets), and prm slots are the input_mode pattern this stack retires.
The force law normalizes the commanded quaternion, making it scale- and
antipodally-invariant. The all-zero ctrl still maps to the identity via
mju_normalize4, but it is a degenerate point (a nudge of any component
commands a half-turn), so quat inputs reset to the identity quaternion:
new mj_resetCtrl sets neutral ctrl values (zero, except qw = 1), called
by mj_resetData and the viewers' Clear All. The quat chart is
restricted to dyntype 'none': integrating a quaternion setpoint linearly
is not meaningful on the manifold. New mjsActuator.ctrlspec field carries
the signature through the spec and XML round-trip.
Actuator sensors (actuatorpos/vel/frc) now report one value per force
output; dim = 3 on an SO3 actuator.
As the first actuator with nu != nactuator, this commit also makes the
viewers multi-input aware: the control sliders in simulate and studio,
which indexed per-actuator arrays by control index (out of bounds on
this model class), are generated per control and labeled with the
actuator name plus an input suffix ("orient/qw"), via the new
introspection helper mj_actuatorInputName -- the single source of truth
for input names, extended by each new multi-input type (quaternion
components are w-first: qw, qx, qy, qz). Slider ranges now honor a
defined ctrlrange even when ctrllimited is false: range is the UI hint,
limited is the clamp -- wrapped and expmap setpoints are unbounded but
still want finite sliders, while quat components are truly bounded.
The rotational demo model is orientation.xml under
test/engine/testdata/actuation/, upgraded to a three-way contrast:
per-axis wrapped servos vs an expmap-commanded vs a quat-commanded
orientation actuator, on identical checker-textured boxes. It is loaded
by the mixed-axis contrast and input-name tests, and doubles as the
viewer test model (slider groups of 3 independent, 3 grouped, 4 grouped).
PiperOrigin-RevId: 951607063
Change-Id: If235dba8e2f2ca72672e7c62531a27e967c6a373
https://youtu.be/GioWwB36XHI
The new geom attribute adhesion (units of force, signed; pair-level
override) translates the contact friction cone along its normal so
that the force origin lies strictly inside it. Consequences: each
contact can pull with up to the given force before breaking, and the
tangential friction budget becomes mu*(f_N + adhesion) -- the
Mohr-Coulomb yield condition with cohesion c = mu*adhesion -- so
lightly-squeezed grasps retain a guaranteed friction floor.
A translated cone factors exactly into {constant attractive force}
+ {original cone}, so no solver kernels change. The implementation is
this factorization: a constant attraction along contact normals
accumulated into the new mjData.qfrc_adhesion (summed into
qfrc_passive), plus a bias of adhesive contact rows' reference
acceleration (aref += R*adhesion), which makes resting penetration
exactly independent of adhesion. Contacts of adhesive pairs remain
active throughout the gap zone, producing rows with positive violation
whose reference acceleration pulls: a tether that resists pull-off
smoothly, captures objects released within the band into steady
contact, and detaches at the specified force. Adhesion values of the
two geoms combine by sum; explicit pairs override.
mj_contactForce reports the net interface force (cone force minus the
adhesive pull), whose normal component can now be negative. Negative
adhesion is allowed and produces a repulsive offset (air hockey).
PiperOrigin-RevId: 950858148
Change-Id: I879c08eba7ae501e5c0f8c2f807167344da4c2bc
- Wrapping in force path is local; act is re-anchored at integration time.
- Remove hardcoded `actrange` for intvelocity actuators.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 949566477
Change-Id: I349fdf17eedfbb2174d698cc1a6a91d52810b4a3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdSdrqhSiZA
The new geom attribute surfacevel (6 numbers: linear and angular velocity in the geom's local frame, angular about the geom frame origin) specifies the velocity of the geom's surface material relative to the geom frame. The relative surface velocity of the two geoms is added to the tangential contact rows of efc_vel in mj_referenceConstraint, so friction drives touching bodies toward the motion of the surface: objects on a conveyor are transported at belt speed, turntables impart omega x r with torsional spin-up for condim >= 4, and surface velocities compose with each other and with body motion. The component along the contact normal is projected out: probe experiments showed that velocity-space emission chatters mass-independently and ingestion merely deepens penetration; normal-direction effects belong to force-space features.
surfacevel is interpreted in the geom frame as authored: for mesh geoms, whose compiled frame absorbs the mesh centering and principal-axes transform, the compiler re-expresses the authored value in the compiled frame.
No special interaction with sleeping: objects being transported do not fall asleep because they are moving; objects at rest on an active surface may sleep like any other resting object.
Includes showcase models (model/surfacevel/): a luggage carousel whose ring is a spinning square-profile supertorus fed by a cascade of belts with matched spinning end rollers, bags dropping in and circulating indefinitely; and a treadmill with a passive humanoid.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 948647785
Change-Id: I0c6559a91cc7ece1237eb8ac2e51986e7342d962
This CL replaces the post-hoc implicit flex correction (`flexInterp_cgsolve`) with a **linearly-implicit effective metric** `M̃ = M + (h² + h·damping)·K` carried by the CG constraint solver itself. Contact/friction forces and implicit flex elasticity are now computed against one consistent metric, instead of the solver seeing `M` and a post-solve correction changing `qacc` behind its back.
Gate (unchanged semantics): `solver="CG"` + implicit/implicitfast integrator + pyramidal cones + flex stiffness present. Newton and PGS are untouched. `solver="CG"` remains the user-facing contract — the factorization is an implementation detail of the preconditioner.
### What's in the metric
- **mjData `efm_*`** (arena, efc-like lifetime/skip semantics; built in `mj_fwdPosition`, value-refreshed in `mj_fwdVelocity`): the per-step stiffness CSR `efm_B_*`, its reverse-Cholesky factor `efm_dofid` + `efm_L_*` (nested-dissection ordered, separators-first for the reverse factorization), and the smooth-force shift `efm_c = h·K·qvel`.
- **`mjd_flexStiff_assemble`** now assembles stretch (Gauss–Newton), standard dim-2 bending, and — via the cached corotated stiffness `d->flexelem_krot` — interp stiffness (all node bodies on simple sliders: point Jacobian is I₃, `flex_centered` not required; fixed nodes drop like pins) into one dof-level CSR. `mjd_effMulAdd`/`mjd_effSolve` apply the metric, with matrix-free operator fallbacks where assembly does not apply.
- **mjModel `efm0_*`** (`nefm0dof`/`nefm0L`): the constant part of the metric factor — currently the dim-2 bending factor, computed once in `mj_setConst` — so bending-only models pay zero per-step factorization cost. Naming mirrors mjData's `efm_*` with the standard `0`-suffix (reference/constant) idiom, and is deliberately not bending-specific: future constant contributors extend it without renames.
- The solver consumes the metric through pre-shifted `qfrc_smooth` and the metric products `Ma`/`Mv`/`Mgrad`; `qacc_smooth` becomes the unconstrained minimizer of the implicit dynamics, which makes the no-constraint shortcut and the warmstart choice consistent by construction.
- **`mj_inverse` adds `B·qacc − c`**, making inverse dynamics discrete-consistent with the gated forward dynamics — exact, since the gated path has no qDeriv term (new test `ForwardTest.GatedFlexInverseConsistency`).
### Performance
All numbers: ms/step over the same 2000-step window, models as shipped on each side (old code with the old model settings vs this CL with the new ones).
The new solver path activates on exactly two shipped models — the ponchos, the only flex models that need an implicit integrator (poncho on Euler degenerates to >200 ms/step). For them, this CL trades speed for consistency: the implicit bending solve now runs inside every solver iteration, where the contact solve can see the stiffness, instead of once after the solve. Solver iterations drop because the curvature is visible, but each iteration pays for the implicit solve:
| model | before | after | solver iters/step |
|---|---|---|---|
| poncho | 2.47 | 3.30 (1.33×) | 16.8 → 11.8 |
| poncho_edgeequality | 1.96 | 2.72 (1.39×) | 13.2 → 10.0 |
What that price buys: contact forces consistent with the implicit elasticity (previously the post-hoc correction changed `qacc` after the constraint solve), discrete-consistent inverse dynamics, and the removal of the post-hoc special case from the integration path. Raising poncho's timestep from 2 to 5 ms leaves its per-step cost nearly flat, so the consistency price can be recovered by taking fewer steps where accuracy allows.
Every other flex model was measured stable on Euler at its shipped timestep and switches to it (these models predate the post-hoc integrator; implicit was never load-bearing for them). They end up equal or faster than before: bunny_multicell 0.47 → 0.40, trampoline 0.28 → 0.25, plate 1.02 → 0.99, pancake 0.34 → 0.33.
Finally, the per-step factorization makes configurations practical that the old code could only integrate explicitly: implicit stretch elasticity (`elastic2d="stretch"`/`"both"`, dim-3 solids) and factorized interp stiffness. No before/after exists for these — stock has no implicit treatment of stretch at all.
### Behavior changes
- With the post-hoc correction deleted, interp/bending models running `solver="Newton"` (or elliptic cones, or islands) now integrate flex elasticity **explicitly** (previously: post-hoc implicit). Affects e.g. `gripper_trilinear` (stable, and faster, but different semantics). Follow-up options: Newton-side metric support, or a documented fallback.
- With the gate on, `mj_forward` outputs are timestep-dependent for gated models (they answer the linearly-implicit discrete problem); `qacc_smooth` and `mj_inverse` change accordingly. Non-gated models are bit-identical (full suite green throughout).
### Validation
- 1737/1737 tests, including new: `FlexStretchDerivatives` (FD-validated GN operator), `FlexStiffAssemble`/`FlexStiffAssembleInterp` (CSR ≡ operators), `GatedFlexInverseConsistency` (fails pre-change), equivalence tests vs the old post-hoc treatment (bending matches to 2e-11).
- Fingerprint discipline throughout: bending-only models bit-exact across every refactor; permutation/kernel changes verified iteration-identical.
### Known follow-ups (not in this CL)
3×3-block sparse Cholesky kernel (the numeric factorization is index-bound; projected ~3× on the factor); mjModel persistence of the factor's symbolic pattern (rest-pose ND makes sizes compile-time); the general effective-metric mode (all solvers, all PSD-safe force classes, behind an enable flag).
PiperOrigin-RevId: 948561856
Change-Id: I8b8e32ebd0428042af71647d0470d10773bf6daf
An actuator now owns a block of consecutive controls
(actuator_ctrladr/ctrlnum, width defined by the actuator type) and a block
of consecutive force outputs (actuator_outadr/outnum, width defined by the
transmission type). Force outputs are the scalars of actuation space: one
force, length, velocity and moment row each. nout = dim(actuator_force) is
derived from transmission types; all current types have width 1, so all
three counts coincide for every existing model and behavior is bit-exact.
Array re-keying: ctrlrange/ctrllimited by nu; forcerange/forcelimited/gear/
acc0/length0/lengthrange and the moment row structure by nout; everything
else per actuator. The mjModel actuator block is re-sorted by size key.
Layout-breaking, not behavior-breaking: saved .mjb files are invalidated
(size list changed) and recompilation is required.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 948351772
Change-Id: Icbc196ffa083cb1eaa6f1a3710869c89d8f62540
The mid-phase BVH descent filter prunes body pairs using body_margin,
which was compiled as the max over geom margins, excluding gap. Broadphase
and the leaf-level test both use margin+gap, so any multi-geom body relying
on gap could silently lose its in-gap contacts when raw AABBs don't
overlap. Single-geom bodies take the leaf-leaf path and were unaffected.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 946967548
Change-Id: I6d92baa296f1a83be68b4dbfd64a96d1c7efd3c4
Extend mjpResourceProvider with an optional write callback (write)
so that mj_encode, mj_saveXML, and mj_saveModel can write to any
registered provider.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 945202741
Change-Id: I37903425260932e555f4a8c2392c4ff8c2e6cc06
The flexcomp compiler previously rejected pins on dim-2 flexes with
bending (elastic2d bend/both). Allow them: mj_flexPassiveBend treats a
pinned vertex (body without 3 free slide dofs) as static -- zero
velocity, and no bending force applied to it (the reaction is carried
by the pin) -- while its position still enters every neighbor's
bending force, which is exactly what the pin constrains.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 944410969
Change-Id: Ib0a69c8d5fb6f64d3e2a76af3b6b2c7be1898191
When reporting conflicts between parent and child elements during attachment, the warning message now indicates if a value is derived from the default rather than being explicitly authored in the XML. This improves clarity in conflict resolution warnings.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 936724265
Change-Id: I68c677b19020c19bf0260f5b3b77fe6ca3661bb9
For example when loading parent_merge.xml:
```
WARNING: Attach conflict when attaching 'child' to 'parent_merge', policy is 'merge'
timestep: parent has 0.005, child has 0.002, taking the minimum
iterations: parent has 50, child has 100, taking the maximum
flag 'Damper': added from child
```
When loading parent_error.xml:
```
XML Error: Attach conflict when attaching 'child' to 'parent_error', policy is 'error'
timestep: parent has 0.005, child has 0.002
iterations: parent has 50, child has 100
Element 'attach', line 10
```
PiperOrigin-RevId: 933620810
Change-Id: Ib477863b5ef763474d27fb4be5a4148be1d5d500
Compiler warnings are now accumulated in a vector of strings within the mjSpec object. New API functions `mjs_numWarnings` and `mjs_getWarning` are added to access these warnings. The compiler's log handler now chains warnings to the global log handler, ensuring they are still displayed immediately. Call sites in `mj_loadXML`, `mj_compile`, and the Python and WASM bindings have been updated to use the new warning API.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 933361650
Change-Id: I47cab98a460c57b0898c0a1a43fce2a5b9648eb1
The obj_decoder plugin is updated to parse line segments ('l') from OBJ files and represent them as degenerate triangles. The user_flexcomp compiler now supports flex dimensions of 1, using these parsed line segments to define the 1D flex elements. The compile sample's error reporting is also improved.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 928566870
Change-Id: I6920729d1b1d5aeb391401c3245ebb1d4784c190
memcpy is more appropriate here as the source and destination buffers have the same size, ensuring the entire buffer is copied.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 927395770
Change-Id: Idbe9dade3160f593060fae5783743b28c0452695
Previously shell mode required cellcount=1 along at least one axis. This CL
adds support for cellcount > 1 in all three axes by pinning interior grid nodes
to the parent body and reconstructing their positions from boundary nodes via
Transfinite Interpolation (TFI).
PiperOrigin-RevId: 924314800
Change-Id: I8c2438f4866dd4133feed65f535a1ab69f0c9188
For example, `compile mujoco_menagerie/robotis_op3/scene.xml` now outputs
```
Compile 1 (cold cache):
total: 317.2 ms
assets: 284.8 ms (wall clock)
load: 616.1 ms
hull: 26.4 ms
poly: 137.8 ms
inert: 177.8 ms
bvh: 568.2 ms
octr: 1.6 ms
tex: 25.3 ms
other: 32.4 ms
Compile 2 (warm cache):
total: 79.9 ms
assets: 54.5 ms (wall clock)
load: 888.5 ms
hull: 0.0 ms
poly: 0.0 ms
inert: 0.0 ms
bvh: 0.0 ms
octr: 0.0 ms
tex: 21.4 ms
other: 25.3 ms
```
PiperOrigin-RevId: 917850214
Change-Id: Iaec86230bec0faf2e47820e20cbff61de5b2621e
Warp is not a true stretch mode but a parasitic shear mode so it should be scaled like bending (~thickness^3) rather than stretching (~thickness). The thickness parameter can therefore be used to set the stretch to warp stiffness ratio of the strain constraints.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 916900311
Change-Id: I52e54210fbb2a6d309abc1f084934830adce3423
The maximum depth of the octree used for SDF generation can now be specified in the mesh definition via `mjsMesh::octree_maxdepth`. The default value is 6.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 912494999
Change-Id: I6d828d1d3999b99d1210a6829a05b04fac591e1f
The new function mjs_getOriginSpec returns the mjSpec that was used to define a given mjsElement. Unlike mjs_getSpec, this value remains constant even after the element has been attached to a different model.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 911930951
Change-Id: Ia9cd79d9dfabc513d6121eadcffc5d41075224c9
This change adds a new passive force computation for flexes with elastic2d="bend" and dof="trilinear". The bending energy is based on the squared difference of normals between adjacent face elements at their shared edge midpoint. The edge data is precomputed during model compilation and stored in flex_bending.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 910772638
Change-Id: I3b12c7b7f1ba6ac1875df495d89e8cfec921ca80
Yuval Tassa