<soft_contact> parameter in DART doesn't work

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Original report (archived issue) by Maozhen Wang (Bitbucket: Maowww).

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I'm trying to simulate a soft contact using DART. I created one box object and added <soft_contact> tag in its sdf file. Then I place another mass on that box. I thought there could be different deformation(a sinkage?) on that box with different stiffness setting, but that mass stays on the surface of the box no matter what value I set. I tried a stiffness value from 100 to 0.01. The mass doesn't sink in and stays as shown in pic.

BTW, it seems adding force on an object in DART doesn't work either.

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Original comment by Maozhen Wang (Bitbucket: Maowww).

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• Edited issue description

[axkoenig]

Hi,
are there any updates on this? I checked the current code (Gazebo 11) and it seems like the <soft_contact> tag in the SDF is parsed by this line in gazebo/physics/dart/DARTLink.cc. Unfortunately, when I add the following as my collision element of my link, the debug information of DART tells me that still a BodyNode is created instead of a SoftBodyNode. So the problem, still persists...

<collision>
        <origin xyz="0 0 0" rpy="0 0 0"/>
        <geometry>
          <box size=0.1 0.1 0.1"/>
        </geometry>
        <surface>
          <soft_contact>
            <dart>
              <flesh_mass_fraction>0.05</flesh_mass_fraction>
              <bone_attachment>100</bone_attachment>
              <stiffness>100</stiffness>
              <damping>10</damping>
            </dart>
          </soft_contact>
        </surface>
</collision>

Any comments are much appreciated!

[trns1997]

I also seem to have the same problem. <soft_contact> does not seem to work or change the models contact in anyway. I was planning to test this out, but am unsure how to go about the test.

[trns1997]

Hello guys, I was playing around with soft_contacts and seem to have it figured out (Note I have only played with boxes).

Here is my box model:

<model name="my_model">
    <pose>0 0 1 0 0 0</pose>
    <link name="box_link">
      <inertial>
        <mass>10.0</mass>
        <inertia> <!-- inertias are tricky to compute -->
          <!-- http://gazebosim.org/tutorials?tut=inertia&cat=build_robot -->
          <ixx>6.64</ixx>       <!-- for a box: ixx = 0.083 * mass * (y*y + z*z) -->
          <ixy>0.0</ixy>         <!-- for a box: ixy = 0 -->
          <ixz>0.0</ixz>         <!-- for a box: ixz = 0 -->
          <iyy>6.64</iyy>       <!-- for a box: iyy = 0.083 * mass * (x*x + z*z) -->
          <iyz>0.0</iyz>         <!-- for a box: iyz = 0 -->
          <izz>6.64</izz>       <!-- for a box: izz = 0.083 * mass * (x*x + y*y) -->
        </inertia>
      </inertial>
      <collision name="collision">
        <geometry>
          <box>
            <size>2 2 2</size>
          </box>
        </geometry>
        <surface>
            <soft_contact>
                <dart>
                    <bone_attachment>0.6e10</bone_attachment>
                    <stiffness>0.4e10</stiffness>
                    <damping>0.1e2</damping>
                    <flesh_mass_fraction>3</flesh_mass_fraction>
                </dart>
            </soft_contact>
        </surface>
      </collision>
      <visual name="visual">
        <geometry>
          <box>
            <size>2 2 2</size>
          </box>
        </geometry>
      </visual>

      <sensor name='my_contact' type='contact'>
        <contact>
          <collision>collision</collision>
        </contact>
        <plugin name="model_push" filename="~/GazeboDartTest/build/libtest_bench.so"/>
      </sensor>
    </link>
  </model>

Some results:

Bouncy Mode:

           <soft_contact>
                <dart>
                    <bone_attachment>0.6e10</bone_attachment>
                    <stiffness>0.4e10</stiffness>
                    <damping>0.1e2</damping>
                    <flesh_mass_fraction>3</flesh_mass_fraction>
                </dart>
            </soft_contact>

Gazebo Bouncy Box

Sum of all contact forces:

10kg box so about 98.1 N force when not bouncing

Pudding Mode:

           <soft_contact>
                <dart>
                    <bone_attachment>0.6e3</bone_attachment>
                    <stiffness>0.4e3</stiffness>
                    <damping>0.1e2</damping>
                    <flesh_mass_fraction>3</flesh_mass_fraction>
                </dart>
            </soft_contact>

Gazebo Pudding Box

Sum of all contact forces:

In the gifs you can see a solid core and the rest is basically the soft body of the box. I am not sure if I should go about making a PR. Let me know. Would appreciate some feedback nonetheless, if the results make sense or not.

[huqin-RM]

大家好，我正在玩soft_contacts，似乎已经弄清楚了（注意我只玩过盒子）。

这是我的盒子模型：

<model name="my_model">
    <pose>0 0 1 0 0 0</pose>
    <link name="box_link">
      <inertial>
        <mass>10.0</mass>
        <inertia> <!-- inertias are tricky to compute -->
          <!-- http://gazebosim.org/tutorials?tut=inertia&cat=build_robot -->
          <ixx>6.64</ixx>       <!-- for a box: ixx = 0.083 * mass * (y*y + z*z) -->
          <ixy>0.0</ixy>         <!-- for a box: ixy = 0 -->
          <ixz>0.0</ixz>         <!-- for a box: ixz = 0 -->
          <iyy>6.64</iyy>       <!-- for a box: iyy = 0.083 * mass * (x*x + z*z) -->
          <iyz>0.0</iyz>         <!-- for a box: iyz = 0 -->
          <izz>6.64</izz>       <!-- for a box: izz = 0.083 * mass * (x*x + y*y) -->
        </inertia>
      </inertial>
      <collision name="collision">
        <geometry>
          <box>
            <size>2 2 2</size>
          </box>
        </geometry>
        <surface>
            <soft_contact>
                <dart>
                    <bone_attachment>0.6e10</bone_attachment>
                    <stiffness>0.4e10</stiffness>
                    <damping>0.1e2</damping>
                    <flesh_mass_fraction>3</flesh_mass_fraction>
                </dart>
            </soft_contact>
        </surface>
      </collision>
      <visual name="visual">
        <geometry>
          <box>
            <size>2 2 2</size>
          </box>
        </geometry>
      </visual>

      <sensor name='my_contact' type='contact'>
        <contact>
          <collision>collision</collision>
        </contact>
        <plugin name="model_push" filename="~/GazeboDartTest/build/libtest_bench.so"/>
      </sensor>
    </link>
  </model>

一些结果：

力弹模式：

           <soft_contact>
                <dart>
                    <bone_attachment>0.6e10</bone_attachment>
                    <stiffness>0.4e10</stiffness>
                    <damping>0.1e2</damping>
                    <flesh_mass_fraction>3</flesh_mass_fraction>
                </dart>
            </soft_contact>

凉亭模拟盒

所有接触力的总和：

10公斤的盒子，所以不弹跳时的力约为98.1 N

布丁模式：

           <soft_contact>
                <dart>
                    <bone_attachment>0.6e3</bone_attachment>
                    <stiffness>0.4e3</stiffness>
                    <damping>0.1e2</damping>
                    <flesh_mass_fraction>3</flesh_mass_fraction>
                </dart>
            </soft_contact>

凉亭布丁盒

所有接触力的总和：

在gif中，你可以看到一个实心的核心，其余的基本上是盒子的应该柔软的主体。我不确定我是否知道进行公关。让我。无论结果是否有意义，仍然希望得到一些反馈。

I tried using your sdf, but this elastic effect didn't happen. Is it the dart engine started