gazebosim / gazebosim/sdformat

Information is lost during URDF -> SDFormat conversion

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bug URDF
Dominant language
C++
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Forks
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Description

This is a meta ticket to capture the types of information that are currently lost during the URDF->SDFormat conversion

- https://github.com/ignitionrobotics/sdformat/issues/199
- https://github.com/ignitionrobotics/sdformat/issues/183
- https://github.com/ignitionrobotics/sdformat/issues/58
- By default, links connected by a fixed joint are lumped together.
- #1007

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reading issues #199, #183, #58, and #1007 to identify the documented information lost during URDF-to-SDFormat conversion, including fixed-joint lumping. Done means turning those references into a settled, complete list of conversion losses.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
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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