AppEscape_T6.cpp

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 * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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 * 
 * The NASA Tensegrity Robotics Toolkit (NTRT) v1 platform is licensed
 * under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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// This application
#include "Escape_T6Model.h"
#include "Escape_T6Controller.h"

// This library
#include "core/terrain/tgBoxGround.h"
#include "Crater.h"
#include "CraterDeep.h"
#include "core/tgModel.h"
#include "core/tgSimViewGraphics.h"
#include "core/tgSimulation.h"
#include "core/tgWorld.h"

// Bullet Physics
#include "LinearMath/btVector3.h"

// The C++ Standard Library
#include <iostream>

tgBoxGround *createGround();
tgWorld *createWorld();
tgSimViewGraphics *createGraphicsView(tgWorld *world);
tgSimView *createView(tgWorld *world);
void simulate(tgSimulation *simulation);

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    std::cout << "AppEscape_T6" << std::endl;

    // First create the world
    tgWorld *world = createWorld();

    // Second create the view
    #if(1)
    tgSimViewGraphics *view = createGraphicsView(world); // For visual experimenting on one tensegrity
    #else
    tgSimView       *view = createView(world);         // For running multiple episodes
    #endif
    
    // Third create the simulation
    tgSimulation *simulation = new tgSimulation(*view);

    // Fourth create the models with their controllers and add the models to the simulation
    Escape_T6Model* const model = new Escape_T6Model();
    
    /* Required for setting up learning file input/output. */
    const std::string suffix((argc > 1) ? argv[1] : "default");
    
    // Fifth create controller and attach it to the model
    double initialLength = 9.0; // decimeters
    Escape_T6Controller* const controller = new Escape_T6Controller(initialLength,
                                                                    suffix,
                                                                    "craterEscape/",
                                                                    "Config.ini");
    model->attach(controller);

    //Sixth add model (with controller) to simulation
    simulation->addModel(model);

    //Seventh add crater to simulation
    btVector3 originCrater = btVector3(0,0,0);
    //Crater* crater = new Crater(originCrater);
    CraterDeep* crater = new CraterDeep(originCrater);
    simulation->addModel(crater);

    simulate(simulation);

    delete controller;
    //Teardown is handled by delete, so that should be automatic
    return 0;
}

tgBoxGround *createGround() {
    // Determine the angle of the ground in radians. All 0 is flat
    const double yaw = 0.0;
    const double pitch = 0.0;
    const double roll = 0.0;
    const btVector3 eulerAngles = btVector3(yaw, pitch, roll);  // Default: (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
    const double friction = 0.5; // Default: 0.5
    const double restitution = 0.0;  // Default: 0.0
    const btVector3 size = btVector3(10000.0, 2, 10000.0); // Default: (500.0, 1.5, 500.0)
    const btVector3 origin = btVector3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0); // Default: (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
    const tgBoxGround::Config groundConfig(eulerAngles, friction, restitution,
                                           size, origin);
    // the world will delete this
    return new tgBoxGround(groundConfig);
}

tgWorld *createWorld() {
    const tgWorld::Config config(98.1); // gravity, cm/sec^2  Use this to adjust length scale of world.
    // NB: by changing the setting below from 981 to 98.1, we've
    // scaled the world length scale to decimeters not cm.

    tgBoxGround* ground = createGround();
    return new tgWorld(config, ground);
}

tgSimViewGraphics *createGraphicsView(tgWorld *world) {
    const double timestep_physics = 1.0 / 60.0 / 10.0; // Seconds
    const double timestep_graphics = 1.f /60.f; // Seconds, AKA render rate. Leave at 1/60 for real-time viewing
    return new tgSimViewGraphics(*world, timestep_physics, timestep_graphics); 
}

tgSimView *createView(tgWorld *world) {
    const double timestep_physics = 1.0 / 60.0 / 10.0; // Seconds
    const double timestep_graphics = 1.f /60.f; // Seconds, AKA render rate. Leave at 1/60 for real-time viewing
    return new tgSimView(*world, timestep_physics, timestep_graphics); 
}

void simulate(tgSimulation *simulation) {
    int nEpisodes = 1; // Number of episodes ("trial runs")
    int nSteps = 60000; // Number of steps in each episode, 60k is 100 seconds (timestep_physics*nSteps)
    for (int i=0; i<nEpisodes; i++) {
        simulation->run(nSteps);
        simulation->reset();
    }
}