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3.4.0 - 2025-02-12
3.3.1 - 2024-12-13
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2.2.2 - 2019-12-11
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2.1.9 - 2019-10-09
2.1.8 - 2019-09-30
2.1.7 - 2019-09-10
2.1.6 - 2019-08-05
2.1.5 - 2019-07-16
2.1.4 - 2019-06-22
2.1.3 - 2019-04-30
2.1.2 - 2019-04-05
2.1.1 - 2019-03-27
2.1.0 - 2019-02-27
2.0.0 - 2019-01-11
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1.2.0 - 2016-09-29
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1.1.0 - 2016-02-04
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1.0.0 - 2015-04-03
PACKAGE
LICENSE
ROS Package Dependencies
ros_environment
urdfdom
eigenpy
hpp-fcl
Documentation
Overview {#index}
Porting from Pinocchio 2 to 3
Porting from Pinocchio 1.3.3 to 2.0.0
d-practical-exercises/
1) Move your body (aka direct geometry) {#md_doc_d-practical-exercises_1-directgeom}
2) Grasp an object (aka inverse Geometry) {#md_doc_d-practical-exercises_2-invgeom}
3) Drag and Drop (aka Inverse kinematics) {#md_doc_d-practical-exercises_3-invkine}
4) Snap your fingers (aka direct and inverse dynamics) {#md_doc_d-practical-exercises_4-dyn}
5) Look ahead (aka motion planning) {#md_doc_d-practical-exercises_5-planner}
6) Take a walk (aka optimal control) {#md_doc_d-practical-exercises_6-wpg}
7) Learning to fly (aka policy learning) {#md_doc_d-practical-exercises_7-learn}
Practical Exercises {#md_doc_d-practical-exercises_intro}
b-examples/
Loading the model {#md_doc_b-examples_a-model}
Geometry models {#md_doc_b-examples_ab-geometry-models}
Load and display a model {#md_doc_b-examples_b-display}
Collision detection and distances {#md_doc_b-examples_c-collisions}
Inverse kinematics (clik) {#md_doc_b-examples_d-inverse-kinematics}
Build reduced model {#md_doc_b-examples_e-reduced-model}
Update model after loading its URDF {#md_doc_b-examples_f-update-model}
Examples {#md_doc_b-examples_intro}
b-examples/display/
Display a model using GepettoViewer {#md_doc_b-examples_display_a-gepetto-viewer}
Display a model using Meshcat {#md_doc_b-examples_display_b-meshcat-viewer}
Display a model using RobotWrapper {#md_doc_b-examples_display_c-robot-wrapper-viewer}
e-development/
How to implement a new joint in Pinocchio {#md_doc_e-dev_impl-new-joint}
Development {#md_doc_e-dev_intro}
c-maths/
Rigid Bodies {#md_doc_c-maths_a-rigid-bodies}
Joint dynamics {#md_doc_c-maths_b-joints}
Mathematical formulation {#md_doc_c-maths_intro}
CheatSheet: SE(3) operations {#md_doc_c-maths_se3}
a-features/
Spatial algebra {#md_doc_a-features_a-spatial}
Model and data {#md_doc_a-features_b-model-data}
Joints {#md_doc_a-features_c-joints}
Geometric and collision models {#md_doc_a-features_d-model}
Dealing with Lie-group geometry {#md_doc_a-features_e-lie}
Kinematics algorithms {#md_doc_a-features_f-kinematic}
Dynamics algorithms {#md_doc_a-features_g-dynamic}
Operational frames {#md_doc_a-features_h-frames}
Feature {#md_doc_a-features_intro}
Analytical derivatives {#md_doc_a-features_j-analytical-derivatives}
Automatic differentiation and source code generation {#md_doc_a-features_k-automatic-differentiation}
Python bindings {#md_doc_a-features_l-python}
Unit tests {#md_doc_a-features_m-tests}
Index
pinocchio: Rolling
Documentation
d-practical-exercises/
Practical Exercises {#md_doc_d-practical-exercises_intro}
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Practical Exercises {#md_doc_d-practical-exercises_intro}
This section contains complete exercices to understand Pinocchio.