int main()
{
KDLCollada kdlCollada;
vector <KDL::Chain> kinematicsModels;
const string filename = "puma.dae"; // loading collada kinematics model and converting it to kdl serial chain
if (!kdlCollada.load(COLLADA_MODELS_PATH + filename, kinematicsModels))
{
cout << "Failed to import " << filename;
return 0;
}
cout << "Imported " << kinematicsModels.size() << " kinematics chains" << endl;
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < kinematicsModels.size(); i++) // parsing output kdl serail chain
{
KDL::Chain chain = kinematicsModels[i];
cout << "Chain " << i << " has " << chain.getNrOfSegments() << " segments" << endl;
for (unsigned int u = 0; u < chain.getNrOfSegments(); u++)
{
KDL::Segment segment = chain.segments[u];
string segmentName = segment.getName();
cout << "Segment " << segmentName << " :" <<endl;
KDL::Frame f_tip = segment.getFrameToTip();
KDL::Vector rotAxis = f_tip.M.GetRot();
double rotAngle = f_tip.M.GetRotAngle(rotAxis);
KDL::Vector trans = f_tip.p;
cout << " frame: rotation " << rotAxis.x() << " " << rotAxis.y() << " " << rotAxis.z() << " " << rotAngle * 180 / M_PI << endl;
cout << " frame: translation " << trans.x() << " " << trans.y() << " " << trans.z() << endl;
KDL::RigidBodyInertia inertia = segment.getInertia();
KDL::Joint joint = segment.getJoint();
string jointName = joint.getName();
string jointType = joint.getTypeName();
KDL::Vector jointAxis = joint.JointAxis();
KDL::Vector jointOrigin = joint.JointOrigin();
cout << " joint name: " << jointName << endl;
cout << " type: " << jointType << endl;
cout << " axis: " << jointAxis.x() << " " <<jointAxis.y() << " " << jointAxis.z() << endl;
cout << " origin: " << jointOrigin.x() << " " << jointOrigin.y() << " " << jointOrigin.z() << endl;
}
}
return 0;
}
/**
*
* @param jnt the KDL::Joint to convert (axis and origin expressed in the
* predecessor frame of reference, as by KDL convention)
* @param frameToTip the predecessor/successor frame transformation
* @param H_new_old_predecessor in the case the predecessor frame is being
* modified to comply to URDF constraints (frame origin on the joint axis)
* this matrix the transformation from the old frame to the new frame (H_new_old)
* @param H_new_old_successor in the case the successor frame is being
* modified to comply to URDF constraints (frame origin on the joint axis)
* this matrix the transformation from the old frame to the new frame (H_new_old)
*/
urdf::Joint toUrdf(const KDL::Joint & jnt,
const KDL::Frame & frameToTip,
const KDL::Frame & H_new_old_predecessor,
KDL::Frame & H_new_old_successor)
{
//URDF constaints the successor link frame origin to lay on the axis
//of the joint ( see : http://www.ros.org/wiki/urdf/XML/joint )
//Then if the JointOrigin of the KDL joint is not zero, it is necessary
//to move the link frame (then it is necessary to change also the spatial inertia)
//and the definition of the childrens of the successor frame
urdf::Joint ret;
ret.name = jnt.getName();
H_new_old_successor = getH_new_old(jnt,frameToTip);
ret.parent_to_joint_origin_transform = toUrdf(H_new_old_predecessor*frameToTip*(H_new_old_successor.Inverse()));
switch(jnt.getType())
{
case KDL::Joint::RotAxis:
case KDL::Joint::RotX:
case KDL::Joint::RotY:
case KDL::Joint::RotZ:
//using continuos if no joint limits are specified
ret.type = urdf::Joint::CONTINUOUS;
//in urdf, the joint axis is expressed in the joint/successor frame
//in kdl, the joint axis is expressed in the predecessor rame
ret.axis = toUrdf(((frameToTip).M.Inverse((jnt.JointAxis()))));
break;
case KDL::Joint::TransAxis:
case KDL::Joint::TransX:
case KDL::Joint::TransY:
case KDL::Joint::TransZ:
ret.type = urdf::Joint::PRISMATIC;
//in urdf, the joint axis is expressed in the joint/successor frame
//in kdl, the joint axis is expressed in the predecessor rame
ret.axis = toUrdf((frameToTip.M.Inverse(jnt.JointAxis())));
break;
default:
std::cerr << "[WARN] Converting unknown joint type of joint " << jnt.getTypeName() << " into a fixed joint" << std::endl;
case KDL::Joint::None:
ret.type = urdf::Joint::FIXED;
}
return ret;
}