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Correct, neither the transmission element nor the actuator element have inertia in URDF.
If we were to introduce actuator inertia, it would probably be as a sub-element of the actuator element, which is a sub-element of transmission.
I'm not a mechanical engineer, so can you provide a specific example, perhaps a formula for a motor model, where actuator inertia is needed and cannot be faked by some combinator of the joint dynamics and limit sub-elements?
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Sorry for my late reply. Please find an example below (it's included as an image to display the maths nicely). To my knowledge the actuator inertia in the example below cannot be faked using existing elements in URDF.
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This is excellent documentation! Thanks for this example. Here's my comments:
- I assume that
v_k
is measured at the link center-of-mass. - As you suggest in the issue description, I think the
transmission
tag would be a good place for the actuator inertia. - Is there any case when the actuator inertia would not be a scalar, assuming it acts along a single joint axis?
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In response to the comments by @scpeters:
- Yes
v_k
is measured in the link center-of-mass, an important note I forgot to state in the example. - I am not aware of a case where a scalar-valued inertia doesn't suffice, indeed assuming the actuator acts along a single joint axis.
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Any update on this? I am surprised that motor inertia is not included in URDF. It is not something one can ignore when dealing with dynamics. Just to give you an example, the motor inertias (considering the gear ratio) of the first 2 joints of a 5kg payload robot can contribute 30-40% to the diagonals of the mass matrix.
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Is there any update? I tried to use the mimic
tag of the Joint class to model this, but it only affects the kinematics but not the dynamics.
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