MoveIt Tutorials

These tutorials will quickly get you, and your robot, using the MoveIt Motion Planning Framework.

In these tutorials, the Franka Emika Panda robot is used as a quick-start demo. Alternatively, you can easily use any robot that has already been configured to work with MoveIt - check the list of robots running MoveIt to see whether MoveIt is already available for your robot. Otherwise, you can setup MoveIt to work with your custom robot in the tutorial section "Integration with a New Robot", below.

Getting Started with MoveIt and RViz

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   doc/getting_started/getting_started
   doc/quickstart_in_rviz/quickstart_in_rviz_tutorial

MoveGroup - ROS Wrappers in C++ and Python

The simplest way to use MoveIt through scripting is using the move_group_interface. This interface is ideal for beginners and provides unified access to many of the features of MoveIt.

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   doc/move_group_interface/move_group_interface_tutorial
   doc/move_group_python_interface/move_group_python_interface_tutorial
   doc/moveit_commander_scripting/moveit_commander_scripting_tutorial

Using MoveIt Directly Through the C++ API

Building more complex applications with MoveIt often requires developers to dig into MoveIt’s C++ API. As an added plus, using the C++ API directly skips many of the ROS Service/Action layers resulting in significantly faster performance.

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   doc/robot_model_and_robot_state/robot_model_and_robot_state_tutorial
   doc/planning_scene/planning_scene_tutorial
   doc/planning_scene_monitor/planning_scene_monitor_tutorial
   doc/planning_scene_ros_api/planning_scene_ros_api_tutorial
   doc/motion_planning_api/motion_planning_api_tutorial
   doc/motion_planning_pipeline/motion_planning_pipeline_tutorial
   doc/creating_moveit_plugins/plugin_tutorial
   doc/visualizing_collisions/visualizing_collisions_tutorial
   doc/time_parameterization/time_parameterization_tutorial
   doc/planning_with_approximated_constraint_manifolds/planning_with_approximated_constraint_manifolds_tutorial
   doc/pick_place/pick_place_tutorial
   doc/moveit_grasps/moveit_grasps_tutorial
   doc/moveit_task_constructor/moveit_task_constructor_tutorial
   doc/moveit_deep_grasps/moveit_deep_grasps_tutorial
   doc/subframes/subframes_tutorial
   doc/moveit_cpp/moveitcpp_tutorial
   doc/bullet_collision_checker/bullet_collision_checker
   doc/mesh_filter/mesh_filter_tutorial

Integration with a New Robot

Before attempting to integrate a new robot with MoveIt, check whether your robot has already been setup (see the list of robots running MoveIt). Otherwise, follow the tutorials in this section to integrate your robot with MoveIt (and share your results on the MoveIt Discourse Channel)

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   doc/setup_assistant/setup_assistant_tutorial
   doc/urdf_srdf/urdf_srdf_tutorial
   doc/controller_configuration/controller_configuration_tutorial
   doc/perception_pipeline/perception_pipeline_tutorial
   doc/hand_eye_calibration/hand_eye_calibration_tutorial
   doc/ikfast/ikfast_tutorial
   doc/trac_ik/trac_ik_tutorial
   doc/opw_kinematics/opw_kinematics_tutorial
   doc/multiple_robot_arms/multiple_robot_arms_tutorial

Configuration

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   doc/kinematics_configuration/kinematics_configuration_tutorial
   doc/custom_constraint_samplers/custom_constraint_samplers_tutorial
   doc/planning_constraints/planning_constraints.rst
   doc/ompl_interface/ompl_interface_tutorial
   doc/chomp_planner/chomp_planner_tutorial
   doc/stomp_planner/stomp_planner_tutorial
   doc/trajopt_planner/trajopt_planner_tutorial
   doc/pilz_industrial_motion_planner/pilz_industrial_motion_planner
   doc/planning_adapters/planning_adapters_tutorial.rst
   doc/persistent_scenes_and_states/persistent_scenes_and_states

Miscellaneous

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   doc/gazebo_simulation/gazebo_simulation.rst
   doc/joystick_control_teleoperation/joystick_control_teleoperation_tutorial
   doc/realtime_servo/realtime_servo_tutorial
   doc/benchmarking/benchmarking_tutorial
   doc/tests/tests_tutorial
   doc/test_debugging/test_debugging_tutorial

Attribution

Major contributors to the MoveIt tutorials are listed in chronological order: Sachin Chitta, Dave Hershberger, Acorn Pooley, Dave Coleman, Michael Gorner, Francisco Suarez, Mike Lautman. Help us improve these docs and we'll be happy to include you here also!

The tutorials had a major update in 2018 during a code sprint sponsored by Franka Emika in collaboration with PickNik (Check out the blog post!)