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Error when launching RAIManipulationDemo

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Description

Describe the bug
I followed the README to download RAI and the README to use the robotic arm demo (https://github.com/RobotecAI/rai/blob/main/docs/demos/manipulation.md).
When I run the command to launch it "ros2 launch examples/manipulation-demo.launch.py game_launcher:=path/to/RAIManipulationDemo.GameLauncher" I get some errors. I extracted the project into: /home/rai/src/examples/rai-manipulation-demo/ros2_ws/src.

To Reproduce
Follow the step at https://github.com/RobotecAI/rai/blob/main/docs/demos/manipulation.md

Expected behavior
Being able to perform simple tasks like moving the cubes.

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Platform

  • OS: Ubuntu 24.04
  • ROS 2 Version Jazzy

Version
Main tag 1.1.0

Additional context
In /home//rai/src/examples/rai-manipulation-demo/ros2_ws/src/RAIManipulationDemoGamePackage/ i don't have Assets/Engine/exclude.filetag, I don't understand how to create it. Also, inside RAI there is a .urdf.txt file but it is empty

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Research direction

Start with docs/demos/manipulation.md and reproduce the documented ros2 launch command using the reported extraction path. Inspect the RAIManipulationDemoGamePackage directory, including the missing Assets/Engine/exclude.filetag and empty .urdf.txt mentioned in the report, then compare the observed errors with the screenshots. Done means the demo launches successfully and supports moving the cubes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
robotics
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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