Investigate using python bindings of sdformat instead of the `gz` command line
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 18
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Description
Starting from version 13, sdformat introduced [native Python bindings](http://sdformat.org/tutorials?tut=python_bindings&cat=developers&). It's worth investigating if we could just call this library (that depends only on sdformat) instead of requiring to find the entire Gazebo Classic or Gazebo Sim suite.
Few comments:
- I could not find any package in PyPI nor conda-forge, last time I tried I think I installed it from the OSRF repo.
- Relevant discussion in https://github.com/ami-iit/jaxsim/pull/89#issuecomment-1954590803
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the sdformat native Python bindings tutorial and locating where rod currently invokes the `gz` command-line tools. Check whether usable sdformat packages are available through the OSRF repository, PyPI, or conda-forge. Done means determining whether the binding can replace the current dependency and documenting the required packaging and implementation changes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- robotics
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 32/100