CHANGELOG

Changelog for package pick_ik

1.1.1 (2024-11-30)

  • Initialize with the best seed instead of initial seed at population wipeout (#77)

  • Fix timeout calculation if solution callback fails (#73)

  • Remove incorrect override of tip_frames (#68)

  • Contributors: Amal Nanavati, Sebastian Castro, Timon Engelke

1.1.0 (2023-12-13)

  • Support continuous (unbounded) joints properly (#59)

  • Run elite gradient descent in separate threads (#61)

  • Contributors: Sebastian Castro

1.0.2 (2023-07-25)

  • New options to control solution quality and performance
    • Option to rerun optimization until valid solution or timeout (#53)

    • Option to keep optimizing after a valid solution was found (#46)

    • Approximate solution cost threshold (#51) and joint jump threshold parameters (#42)

    • Position scale parameter (#47)

  • Fix ordering of joint limits when loading robot model (#54)

  • Fix use of solution callback (#48)

  • Remove unnecessary preprocessor macro (#40)

  • Contributors: Marc Bestmann, Sebastian Castro, Erik Holum

1.0.1 (2023-03-28)

  • Set Werror through CMake presets (#39)

  • Replace lower_bounds with gt_eq (#37)

  • Upgrade with new pkgs to fix issue with ROS

  • Target include subdirectory

  • Update Catch2 version to 3.3.0

  • Fix overriding of package

  • Fix orientation calculation in cost function and frame tests (#31)
    • Fix orientation calculation

    • Update plugin return values

    • Remove redundant (and incorrect) joints bounds check

    • Use Eigen angular distance calculation

  • Small grammar fixes (#28)

  • Contributors: Sebastian Castro, Stephanie Eng, Tyler Weaver

1.0.0 (2022-12-08)

  • pick_ik inverse kinematics plugin compatible with MoveIt 2

  • Numeric gradient descent (local) solver

  • Memetic algorithm (global solver), configurable for single or multi-threading

  • Basic goal functions: joint centering, avoid joint limits, minimal joint displacement

  • Support for position-only IK and approximate solutions

  • Dynamic parameter switching at runtime using generate_parameter_library

  • Docker devcontainer workflow for VSCode

  • Contributors: Chris Thrasher, Sebastian Castro, Tyler Weaver