Announcing the MoveIt Task Constructor

Announcing the MoveIt Task Constructor

By rob coleman, introduction.

Since its introduction at ROSCon 2018 by Robert Haschke and Michael Görner , the MoveIt Task Constructor (MTC) has gained a lot of interest inside the MoveIt community and in industry. We’re happy to announce that MTC is ready for use and we present the official tutorial including a demo application.

The MoveIt Task Constructor (MTC) is a multi-stage planning framework for solving complex motion planning tasks like pick-and-place operations or other object manipulations. With MTC a task is an instance of a high-level planning problem composed of smaller subproblems that are solved by individual stages. These stages are arrangeable components that compute simple steps like moving the robot between two intermediate states or attaching an object to the gripper. Stages can be freely arranged in sequence or in hierarchical order and even allow arbitrary control flows including alternative and fall-back solutions. The MTC package provides a set of primitive default stages which can already be used to integrate a generic pick-and-place pipeline. Check out the new tutorial for more information and an example implementation.

Using MTC for motion planning offers several advantages over conventional approaches. The modular architecture allows for easy replacement and rearrangement of tasks and stages while maintaining a readable and functional implementation. Also, the source code always follows a well-defined structure, which makes components more portable, testable, and reusable. This goes hand-in-hand with better debugging and introspection capabilities. For instance, individual stage solutions can be run and visualized with RViz in using the MTC panel. Lastly, MTC can optimize for the total cost over all stages, finding good solutions in its defined solution graph.

Features / Points:

  • Full end-to-end manipulation planning
  • Flexible levels of abstraction
  • High code reusability
  • Support for alternative solutions
  • Powerful visual debugging

With MTC there is a lot to look out for in the future. Not only will there be more default stages added but also a full Python API for even simpler access. Also, we’re currently working on replacing MoveIt’s dated pick&place pipeline with an MTC implementation, certainly only the first of further new default capabilities. We encourage everyone interested to test the framework and contribute improvements. We hope that we will see many interesting applications running on MTC.

Useful Links

  • MoveIt tutorial
  • Github repository
  • ICRA 2019 publication
  • Demonstration Video

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Changelog for package moveit_task_constructor_core

0.1.3 (2023-03-06).

  • MoveRelative: Allow backwards operation for joint-space delta ( #436 )
  • ComputeIK: Limit collision checking to JMG ( #428 )
  • Fix: Fetch pybind11 submodule if not yet present
  • Contributors: Robert Haschke

0.1.2 (2023-02-24)

  • Remove moveit/__init__.py during .deb builds to avoid installation conflicts
  • CartesianPath: Deprecate redundant property setters
  • PlannerInterface: provide \"timeout\" property
  • PlannerInterface: provide setters for properties
  • JointInterpolation: fix timeout handling

0.1.1 (2023-02-15)

  • Resort to MoveIt\'s python tools
  • Provide ComputeIK.ik_frame as full PoseStamped
  • Removed unused eigen_conversions includes
  • Fixed odr compiler warning on Buster
  • Fixed missing dependency declarations

0.1.0 (2023-02-02)

  • Initial release
  • Contributors: Michael G

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You're reading the documentation for a stable version of MoveIt that is not being developed further. For information on the recommended version, please have a look at Main .

Pick and Place with MoveIt Task Constructor 

This tutorial will walk you through creating a package that plans a pick and place operation using MoveIt Task Constructor . MoveIt Task Constructor provides a way to plan for tasks that consist of multiple different subtasks (known as stages). If you just want to run the tutorial, you can follow the Docker Guide to start a container with the completed tutorial. This tutorial is intended for those who have a basic understanding of MoveIt and the MoveIt Task Constructor concepts . To learn more about these, read the MoveIt examples , including the example page for MoveIt Task Constructor .

Getting Started 

If you haven’t already done so, make sure you’ve completed the steps in Getting Started .

Download MoveIt Task Constructor 

Move into your colcon workspace and pull the MoveIt Task Constructor source:

Create a New Package 

Create a new package with the following command:

This will create a new folder called mtc_tutorial with a hello world example in src/mtc_node . Next, add the dependencies to package.xml . It should look similar to this:

Also, add the dependencies to CMakeLists.txt . The file should look similar to this:

Setting up a Project with MoveIt Task Constructor 

This section walks through the code required to build a minimal task using MoveIt Task Constructor.

Open mtc_tutorial.cpp in your editor of choice, and paste in the following code.

Code Breakdown 

The top of the code includes the ROS and MoveIt Libraries that this package uses.

rclcpp/rclcpp.hpp includes core ROS2 functionality moveit/planning_scene/planning_scene.h and moveit/planning_scene_interface/planning_scene_interface.h includes functionality to interface with the robot model and collision objects moveit/task_constructor/task.h , moveit/task_constructor/solvers.h , and moveit/task_constructor/stages.h include different components of MoveIt Task Constructor that are used in the example tf2_geometry_msgs/tf2_geometry_msgs.hpp and tf2_eigen/tf2_eigen.hpp won’t be used in this initial example, but they will be used for pose generation when we add more stages to the MoveIt Task Constructor task.

The next line gets a logger for your new node. We also create a namespace alias for moveit::task_constructor for convenience.

We start by defining a class that will contain the main MoveIt Task Constructor functionality. We also declare the MoveIt Task Constructor task object as a member variable for our class: this isn’t strictly necessary for a given application, but it helps save the task for later visualization purposes. We will explore each function individually below.

These lines define a getter function to get the node base interface, which will be used for the executor later.

These next lines initialize the node with specified options.

This class method is used to set up the planning scene that is used in the example. It creates a cylinder with dimensions specified by object.primitives[0].dimensions and position specified by pose.position.z and pose.position.x . You can try changing these numbers to resize and move the cylinder around. If you move the cylinder out of the robot’s reach, planning will fail.

This function interfaces with the MoveIt Task Constructor task object. It first creates a task, which includes setting some properties and adding stages. This will be discussed further in the createTask function definition. Next, task.init() initializes the task and task.plan(5) generates a plan, stopping after 5 successful plans are found. The next line publishes the solution to be visualized in RViz - this line can be removed if you don’t care for visualization. Finally, task.execute() executes the plan. Execution occurs via an action server interface with the RViz plugin.

As mentioned above, this function creates a MoveIt Task Constructor object and sets some initial properties. In this case, we set the task name to “demo_task”, load the robot model, define the names of some useful frames, and set those frame names as properties of the task with task.setProperty(property_name, value) . The next few code blocks will fill out this function body.

Now, we add an example stage to the node. The first line sets current_state_ptr to nullptr ; this creates a pointer to a stage such that we can re-use stage information in specific scenarios. This line is not used at this moment, but will be used later when more stages are added to the task. Next, we make a current_state stage (a generator stage) and add it to our task - this starts the robot off in its current state. Now that we’ve created the CurrentState stage, we save a pointer to it in the current_state_ptr for later use.

In order to plan any robot motions, we need to specify a solver. MoveIt Task Constructor has three options for solvers:

PipelinePlanner uses MoveIt’s planning pipeline, which typically defaults to OMPL. CartesianPath is used to move the end effector in a straight line in Cartesian space. JointInterpolation is a simple planner that interpolates between the start and goal joint states. It is typically used for simple motions as it computes quickly but doesn’t support complex motions.

We also set some properties specific for to the Cartesian planner.

Now that we added in the planners, we can add a stage that will move the robot. The following lines use a MoveTo stage (a propagator stage). Since opening the hand is a relatively simple movement, we can use the joint interpolation planner. This stage plans a move to the “open hand” pose, which is a named pose defined in the SRDF for the panda robot. We return the task and finish with the createTask() function.

Finally, we have main : the following lines create a node using the class defined above, and calls the class methods to set up and execute a basic MTC task. In this example, we do not cancel the executor once the task has finished executing to keep the node alive to inspect the solutions in RViz.

Running the Demo 

Launch files .

We will need a launch file to launch move_group , ros2_control , static_tf , robot_state_publisher , and rviz . Here is the launch file we use in the tutorials package. Put this in the launch directory of your package.

To run the MoveIt Task Constructor node, we need a second launch file to start the mtc_tutorial executable with the proper parameters. Either load your URDF, SRDF, and OMPL parameters, or use MoveIt Configs Utils to do so. Your launch file should look something like this:

Save this file as pick_place_demo.launch.py in your package’s launch directory. Make sure to add the following line to your CMakeLists.txt so that the launch files are properly installed.

Now build and source your colcon workspace.

Start by launching your first launch file. If you want to use the one provided by the tutorials:

RViz should load. If you’re using your own launch file, before we can see anything, we will need to configure RViz. If you’re using the launch file from the tutorials package, this will already be configured for you.

RViz Configuration 

In order to see your robot and the MoveIt Task Constructor solutions in RViz, we’ll have to make some changes to the RViz configuration. First, start RViz. The following steps will cover how to set up RViz for MoveIt Task Constructor solution visualization.

If the MotionPlanning display is active, uncheck it to hide it for now.

Under Global Options , change the Fixed Frame from map to panda_link0 if not already done.

On the bottom left of the window, click the Add button.

Under moveit_task_constructor_visualization select Motion Planning Tasks and click OK. The Motion Planning Tasks display should appear on the bottom left.

In the Displays , under Motion Planning Tasks , change Task Solution Topic to /solution

You should see the panda arm in the main view with Motion Planning Tasks display open in the bottom left and nothing in it. Your MTC task will show up in this panel once you launch the mtc_tutorial node. If you’re using mtc_demo.launch.py from the tutorials, jump back in here.

Launching the Demo 

Launch your mtc_tutorial node with

You should see the arm execute the task with the single stage to open the hand, with the cylinder in green in front of it. It should look something like this:

../../../_images/first_stages.png

If you haven’t made your own package, but still want to see what this looks like, you can launch this file from the tutorials:

Adding Stages 

So far, we’ve walked through creating and executing a simple task, which runs but does not do much. Now, we will start adding the pick-and-place stages to the task. The image below shows an outline of the stages we will use in our task. To understand more about the concepts behind MoveIt Task Constructor and the different stage types, see the example page for MoveIt Task Constructor .

../../../_images/stages.png

We will start adding stages after our existing open hand stage here:

Pick Stages 

We need to move the arm to a position where we can pick up our object. This is done with a Connect stage, which as its name implies, is a Connector stage. This means that it tries to bridge between the results of the stage before and after it. This stage is initialized with a name, move_to_pick , and a GroupPlannerVector that specifies the planning group and the planner. We then set a timeout for the stage, set the properties for the stage, and add it to our task.

Next, we create a pointer to a MoveIt Task Constructor stage object, and set it to nullptr for now. Later, we will use this to save a stage.

This next block of code creates a SerialContainer . This is a container that can be added to our task and can hold several substages. In this case, we create a serial container that will contain the stages relevant to the picking action. Instead of adding the stages to the task, we will add the relevant stages to the serial container. We use exposeTo to declare the task properties from the parent task in the new serial container, and use configureInitFrom() to initialize them. This allows the contained stages to access these properties.

We then create a stage to approach the object. This stage is a MoveRelative stage, which allows us to specify a relative movement from our current position. MoveRelative is a propagator stage: it receives the solution from its neighbouring stages and propagates it to the next or previous stage. Using cartesian_planner finds a solution that involves moving the end effector in a straight line. We set the properties, and set the minimum and maximum distance to move. Now we create a Vector3Stamped message to indicate the direction we want to move - in this case, in the Z direction from the hand frame. Finally, we add this stage to our serial container

Now, create a stage to generate the grasp pose. This is a generator stage, so it computes its results without regard to the stages before and after it. The first stage, CurrentState is a generator stage as well - to connect the first stage and this stage, a connecting stage must be used, which we already created above. This code sets the stage properties, sets the pose before grasping, the angle delta, and the monitored stage. Angle delta is a property of the GenerateGraspPose stage that is used to determine the number of poses to generate; when generating solutions, MoveIt Task Constructor will try to grasp the object from many different orientations, with the difference between the orientations specified by the angle delta. The smaller the delta, the closer together the grasp orientations will be. When defining the current stage, we set current_state_ptr , which is now used to forward information about the object pose and shape to the inverse kinematic solver. This stage won’t be directly added to the serial container like previously, as we still need to do inverse kinematics on the poses it generates.

Before we compute inverse kinematics for the poses generated above, we first need to define the frame. This can be done with a PoseStamped message from geometry_msgs or in this case, we define the transform using Eigen transformation matrix and the name of the relevant link. Here, we define the transformation matrix.

Now, we create the ComputeIK stage, and give it the name generate pose IK as well as the generate grasp pose stage defined above. Some robots have multiple inverse kinematics solutions for a given pose - we set the limit on the amount of solutions to solve for up to 8. We also set the minimum solution distance, which is a threshold on how different solutions must be: if the joint positions in a solution are too similar to a previous solution, it will be marked as invalid. Next, we configure some additional properties, and add the ComputeIK stage to the serial container.

In order to pick up the object, we must allow collision between the hand and the object. This can be done with a ModifyPlanningScene stage. The allowCollisions function lets us specify which collisions to disable. allowCollisions can be used with a container of names, so we can use getLinkModelNamesWithCollisionGeometry to get all the names of links with collision geometry in the hand group.

With collisions allowed, we now can close the hand. This is done with a MoveTo stage, similarly to the open hand stage from above, except moving to the close position as defined in the SRDF.

We now use a ModifyPlanningScene stage again, this time to attach the object to the hand using attachObject . Similarly to what we did with the current_state_ptr , we get a pointer to this stage for later use when generating the place pose for the object.

Next, we lift the object with a MoveRelative stage, similarly to the approach_object stage.

With this, we have all the stages needed to pick the object. Now, we add the serial container (with all its substages) to the task. If you build the package as-is, you can see the robot plan to pick up the object.

Place Stages 

Now that the stages that define the pick are complete, we move on to defining the stages for placing the object. We start with a Connect stage to connect the two, as we will soon be using a generator stage to generate the pose for placing the object.

We also create a serial container for the place stages. This is done similarly to the pick serial container. The next stages will be added to the serial container rather than the task.

<<<<<<< HEAD This next stage generates the poses used to place the object and compute the inverse kinematics for those poses - it is somewhat similar to the generate grasp pose stage from the pick serial container. We start by creating a stage to generate the poses and inheriting the task properties. We specify the pose where we want to place the object with a PoseStamped message from geometry_msgs - in this case, we choose y = 0.5 . We then pass the target pose to the stage with setPose . Next, we use setMonitoredStage and pass it the pointer to the attach object stage from earlier. This allows the stage to know how the object is attached. We then create a ComputeIK stage and pass it our GeneratePlacePose stage - the rest follows the same logic as above with the pick stages. ======= This next stage generates the poses used to place the object and compute the inverse kinematics for those poses - it is somewhat similar to the generate grasp pose stage from the pick serial container. We start by creating a stage to generate the poses and inheriting the task properties. We specify the pose where we want to place the object with a PoseStamped message from geometry_msgs - in this case, we choose y = 0.5 in the "object" frame. We then pass the target pose to the stage with setPose . Next, we use setMonitoredStage and pass it the pointer to the attach_object stage from earlier. This allows the stage to know how the object is attached. We then create a ComputeIK stage and pass it our GeneratePlacePose stage - the rest follows the same logic as above with the pick stages. >>>>>>> 35048cb (Fix place pose generation IK frame in MTC Tutorial (#727))

Now that we’re ready to place the object, we open the hand with MoveTo stage and the joint interpolation planner.

We also can re-enable collisions with the object now that we no longer need to hold it. This is done using allowCollisions almost exactly the same way as disabling collisions, except setting the last argument to false rather than``true``.

Now, we can detach the object using detachObject .

We retreat from the object using a MoveRelative stage, which is done similarly to the approach object and lift object stages.

We finish our place serial container and add it to the task.

The final step is to return home: we use a MoveTo stage and pass it the goal pose of ready , which is a pose defined in the panda SRDF.

All these stages should be added above these lines.

Congratulations! You’ve now defined a pick and place task using MoveIt Task Constructor!

Visualizing with RViz 

The task with each comprising stage is shown in the Motion Planning Tasks pane. Click on a stage and additional information about the stage will show up to the right. The right pane shows different solutions as well as their associated costs. Depending on the stage type and the robot configuration, there may only be one solution shown.

Click one of the solution costs to see an animation of the robot following the plan for that stage. Click the “Exec” button in the upper-right portion of the pane to execute the motion.

To run the complete MoveIt Task Constructor example included with the MoveIt tutorials:

And in a second terminal:

Debugging from terminal 

When running MTC, it prints a diagram like this to terminal:

This example^ shows two stages. The first stage (“initial_state”) is a CurrentState type of stage, which initializes a PlanningScene and captures any collision objects that are present at that moment. A pointer to this stage can be used to retrieve the state of the robot. Since CurrentState inherits from Generator , it propagates solutions both forward and backward. This is denoted by the arrows in both directions. The first 1 indicates that one solution was successfully propagated backwards to the previous stage. The second 1 , between the arrows, indicates that one solution was generated. The 0 indicates that a solution was not propagated forward successfully to the next stage, because the next stage failed.

The second stage (“move_to_home”) is a MoveTo type of stage. It inherits its propagation direction from the previous stage, so both arrows point forward. The 0 ’s indicate that this stage failed completely. From left to right, the 0 ’s mean:

The stage did not receive a solution from the previous stage

The stage did not generate a solution

The stage did not propagate a solution forward to the next stage

In this case, we could tell that “move_to_home” was the root cause of the failure. The problem was a home state that was in collision. Defining a new, collision-free home position fixed the issue.

Various hints 

Information about individual stages can be retrieved from the task. For example, here we retrieve the unique ID for a stage:

A CurrentState type stage does not just retrieve the current state of the robot. It also initializes a PlanningScene object, capturing any collision objects that are present at that moment.

MTC stages can be propagated in forward and backward order. You can easily check which direction a stage propagates by the arrow in the RViz GUI. When propagating backwards, the logic of many operations is reversed. For example, to allow collisions with an object in a ModifyPlanningScene stage, you would call allowCollisions(false) rather than allowCollisions(true) . There is a discussion to be read here.

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  1. MoveIt Task Constructor

    MoveIt Task Constructor The Task Constructor framework provides a flexible and transparent way to define and plan actions that consist of multiple interdependent subtasks. It draws on the planning capabilities of MoveIt to solve individual subproblems in black-box planning stages.

  2. MoveIt Task Constructor

    The MoveIt Task Constructor (MTC) framework helps break down complex planning tasks to multiple interdependent subtasks. MTC uses MoveIt to solve the subtasks. Information from the subtasks are passed through the InterfaceState object. MTC Stages A MTC stage refers to a component or step in the task execution pipeline.

  3. ros-planning/moveit_task_constructor

    The Task Constructor framework provides a flexible and transparent way to define and plan actions that consist of multiple interdependent subtasks. It draws on the planning capabilities of MoveIt to solve individual subproblems in black-box planning stages .

  4. MoveIt Task Constructor documentation

    MoveIt Task Constructor (MTC) The Task Constructor framework provides a flexible and transparent way to define and plan actions that consist of multiple interdependent subtasks. It draws on the planning capabilities of MoveIt to solve individual subproblems in black-box planning stages.

  5. MoveIt Task Constructor

    MoveIt Task Constructor The Task Constructor framework provides a flexible and transparent way to define and plan actions that consist of multiple interdependent subtasks. It draws on the planning capabilities of MoveIt to solve individual subproblems in black-box planning stages.

  6. How-To Guides

    Connect # Connect two stages by finding a motion plan between them. The code snippet is part of the Pick and Place guide. Download the full example code here: Source pipeline = core.PipelinePlanner() pipeline.planner = "RRTConnectkConfigDefault" planners = [ (arm, pipeline)] task.add(stages.Connect("connect1", planners)) FixCollisionObjects #

  7. Announcing the MoveIt Task Constructor

    The MoveIt Task Constructor (MTC) is a multi-stage planning framework for solving complex motion planning tasks like pick-and-place operations or other object manipulations. With MTC a task is an instance of a high-level planning problem composed of smaller subproblems that are solved by individual stages.

  8. MoveIt Task Constructor

    A common interface, based on MoveIt's PlanningScene is used to pass solution hypotheses between stages. The framework enables the hierarchical organization of basic stages using containers, allowing for sequential as well as parallel compositions.

  9. Pick and Place with MoveIt Task Constructor

    MoveIt Task Constructor provides a way to plan for tasks that consist of multiple different subtasks (known as stages). If you just want to run the tutorial, you can follow the Docker Guide to start a container with the completed tutorial. 1 Basic Concepts

  10. MoveIt Task Constructor

    A common interface, based on MoveIt's PlanningScene is used to pass solution hypotheses between stages. The framework enables the hierarchical organization of basic stages using containers, allowing for sequential as well as parallel compositions.

  11. Announcing the MoveIt Task Constructor

    The MoveIt Task Constructor (MTC) is a multi-stage planning framework for solving complex motion planning tasks like pick-and-place operations or other object manipulations. With MTC a task is an instance of a high-level planning problem composed of smaller subproblems which are solved by individually stages. These stages are arrangeable ...

  12. Basic Concepts

    Basic Concepts - MoveIt Task Constructor documentation Basic Concepts # The fundamental idea of MTC is that complex motion planning problems can be composed into a set of simpler subproblems. The top-level planning problem is specified as a Task while all subproblems are specified by Stages.

  13. ROS Index

    MoveIt Task Constructor Framework The Task Constructor framework provides a flexible and transparent way to define and plan actions that consist of multiple interdependent subtasks. It draws on the planning capabilities of MoveIt to solve individual subproblems in black-box planning stages .

  14. PDF MoveIt! Task Constructor A framework for planning task sequences

    Overview Pipeline composed from Stages Each stage connects a via 1...n SubSolutions start to an end InterfaceState Stages interface each other via list of InterfaceStates Solution = fully-connected path through pipeline InterfaceState MoveIt's PlanningScene Properties, e.g. grasp type end effector to use for grasping Hierarchical Structuring

  15. Pick and Place with MoveIt Task Constructor

    The following steps will cover how to set up RViz for MoveIt Task Constructor solution visualization.</p>\n<ol dir=\"auto\">\n<li>If the MotionPlanning display is active, uncheck it to hide it for now.</li>\n<li>Under Global Options, change the Fixed Frame from <code>map</code> to <code>panda_li...

  16. MoveIt! Task Constructor for Task-Level Motion Planning

    MoveIt! Task Constructor for Task-Level Motion Planning Abstract: A lot of motion planning research in robotics focuses on efficient means to find trajectories between individual start and goal regions, but it remains challenging to specify and plan robotic manipulation actions which consist of multiple interdependent subtasks.

  17. Tutorials

    The following tutorials take you step by step through the implementation of fundamental examples of the moveit task constructor. Tutorials. First Steps; Cartesian; Properties. Basic Operations with Properties; The Property Map; Accessing Properties of a Stage; Pick and Place; Next. First Steps.

  18. How to execute a Moveit Task Constructor Task in Gazebo Classic?

    Versions: Ros2 humble. Moveit2. Gazebo Classic 11. Ubuntu Jammy. Context: I am working with ROS2 humble, Moveit2, and Gazebo Classic for the simulation of the Panda robot arm. Currently, I am able to use the MotionPlanning tool of Moveit2 in Rviz2 to plan and execute trajectories in Gazebo using different planners from the OMPL library.

  19. MoveIt Task Constructor

    The MoveIt Task Constructor (MTC) framework helps break down complex planning tasks to multiple interdependent subtasks.

  20. ROS Package: moveit_task_constructor_core

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  21. Pick and Place with MoveIt Task Constructor

    MoveIt Task Constructor provides a way to plan for tasks that consist of multiple different subtasks (known as stages). If you just want to run the tutorial, you can follow the Docker Guide to start a container with the completed tutorial.

  22. API reference

    Python #. moveit.task_constructor. top-level module of MoveIt Task constructor. pymoveit_mtc.core. Provides wrappers for core C++ classes. pymoveit_mtc.stages. Provides wrappers of standard MTC stages.

  23. ROS2 demo example

    For this reason, MoveIt has developed "MoveIt Task Constructor" (MTC). MTC is a higher-level layer of abstraction that allows the user to easily plan complex tasks, in which several several sub-tasks are involved. With this ideas in mind, the system architecture would be described as presented in the following picture.

  24. MoveIt Task Constructor documentation

    Toggle Light / Dark / Auto color theme. Toggle table of contents sidebar. moveit.task_constructor.core#. Provides wrappers for core C++ classes.