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MuJoCo viewer doesn't allow to change parameters in the "Visualization" panel when launched in passive mode #2158

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stepanove opened this issue Oct 20, 2024 · 0 comments
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MuJoCo viewer doesn't allow to change parameters in the "Visualization" panel when launched in passive mode #2158

stepanove opened this issue Oct 20, 2024 · 0 comments
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Hi!

I'm just a robotics and software development enthusiast experimenting with MuJoCo.

My setup

MuJoCo 3.0.0-3.2.4, Python 3.12, Debian 12 (docker image "python:3.12-bookworm")

What's happening? What did you expect?

I noticed a strange behavior of the MuJoCo viewer in passive mode. I'm experimenting with an example from the docs. Initially I faced the problem that I can't change the scale of the model elements (joints, contact forces, etc). When I adjust the values in the Visualization/Scale panel, it changes for a moment and then resets. But it looks like all the parameters in the "Visualization" panel are affected. If I launch the viewer in active mode, it works as expected. I tried a few versions down to 3.0.0, the behavior the same.

passive_viewer_test.mp4

Steps for reproduction

  1. Run the code below.
  2. Try to change some parameters in the "Visualization" panel.

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Code required for reproduction

import time
import mujoco
import mujoco.viewer


xml = """
<mujoco>
  <worldbody>
    <light name="top" pos="0 0 1"/>
    <body name="box_and_sphere" euler="0 0 -30">
      <joint name="swing" type="hinge" axis="1 -1 0" pos="-.2 -.2 -.2"/>
      <geom name="red_box" type="box" size=".2 .2 .2" rgba="1 0 0 1"/>
      <geom name="green_sphere" pos=".2 .2 .2" size=".1" rgba="0 1 0 1"/>
    </body>
  </worldbody>
</mujoco>
"""
model = mujoco.MjModel.from_xml_string(xml)
data = mujoco.MjData(model)


with mujoco.viewer.launch_passive(model, data) as viewer:
  # Close the viewer automatically after 30 wall-seconds.
  start = time.time()
  while viewer.is_running() and time.time() - start < 30:
    step_start = time.time()

    # mj_step can be replaced with code that also evaluates
    # a policy and applies a control signal before stepping the physics.
    mujoco.mj_step(model, data)

    # Example modification of a viewer option: toggle contact points every two seconds.
    with viewer.lock():
      viewer.opt.flags[mujoco.mjtVisFlag.mjVIS_CONTACTPOINT] = int(data.time % 2)

    # Pick up changes to the physics state, apply perturbations, update options from GUI.
    viewer.sync()

    # Rudimentary time keeping, will drift relative to wall clock.
    time_until_next_step = model.opt.timestep - (time.time() - step_start)
    if time_until_next_step > 0:
      time.sleep(time_until_next_step)

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