Example #1
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    def test_simulation(self):
        # Basic constant-torque acrobot simulation.
        acrobot = AcrobotPlant()

        # Create the simulator.
        simulator = Simulator(acrobot)
        context = simulator.get_mutable_context()

        # Set an input torque.
        input = AcrobotInput()
        input.set_tau(1.)
        acrobot.GetInputPort("elbow_torque").FixValue(context, input)

        # Set the initial state.
        state = context.get_mutable_continuous_state_vector()
        state.set_theta1(1.)
        state.set_theta1dot(0.)
        state.set_theta2(0.)
        state.set_theta2dot(0.)

        self.assertTrue(acrobot.DynamicsBiasTerm(context).shape == (2, ))
        self.assertTrue(acrobot.MassMatrix(context).shape == (2, 2))
        initial_total_energy = acrobot.EvalPotentialEnergy(context) + \
            acrobot.EvalKineticEnergy(context)

        # Simulate (and make sure the state actually changes).
        initial_state = state.CopyToVector()
        simulator.AdvanceTo(1.0)

        self.assertLessEqual(
            acrobot.EvalPotentialEnergy(context) +
            acrobot.EvalKineticEnergy(context), initial_total_energy)
Example #2
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    def calculate_lqr(self):
        upright_plant = AcrobotPlant()
        upright_plant_context = upright_plant.CreateDefaultContext()
        upright_plant_context.get_mutable_continuous_state() \
            .SetFromVector(np.array([np.pi, 0, 0, 0]))
        upright_plant.GetInputPort("elbow_torque") \
            .FixValue(upright_plant_context, 0)

        lqr = LinearQuadraticRegulator(upright_plant, upright_plant_context,
                                       self.Q, self.R)
        return lqr.D()