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Ports Isaac Lab's Se2Gamepad/Se3Gamepad off raw carb/kit gamepad events onto the IsaacTeleop session API.

  • gamepad.fbs + (codegen'd) GamepadTracker: raw Linux joystick-API button/axis state (pressed_buttons: [ushort], axes: [float]), no semantic mapping.
  • gamepad plugin: standalone Linux joystick (/dev/input/js*) reader, self-discovers its device under /dev/input/by-path/ (explicitly excluding the evdev *-event-joystick symlink, which reports a
    different wire format than the js_event records this plugin reads), auto-launched by PluginManager.
  • GamepadSource (IDeviceIOSource) exposing "gamepad_buttons" (32-entry bitmap) and "gamepad_axes" (fixed-size axis array) -- buttons and axes are reported as-is; retargeters own all
    button/axis-to-action mapping.
  • GamepadToSe3RelRetargeter + GamepadGripperRetargeter (stick/dpad -> EE delta, X-button toggle -> gripper) and GamepadToSe2Retargeter (stick -> base velocity), matching the legacy Se3Gamepad/Se2Gamepad
    key bindings.
  • gamepad_printer_example.py: live button/axis printer, mirroring the keyboard example.

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  • Documentation update

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Verified live on real hardware (Xbox controller): correct device discovery, button/axis streaming through GamepadSource into the retargeters, disconnect-safe state (stale axes/buttons no longer
published after unplug).

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This change adds Linux gamepad support across the stack. It defines FlatBuffers records and Python bindings, registers the tracker, and builds a joystick plugin with discovery, polling, reconnection, normalization, and timestamped publication. GamepadSource converts tracker data into optional fixed-size tensors. New retargeters map gamepad input to SE(2), relative SE(3), and gripper outputs. Tests cover schemas, source conversion, and retargeter behavior. Documentation and a printer example are included.

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The gamepad feature still has unresolved correctness and integration problems: a disconnected controller may continue sending stale nonzero input, device discovery may select an incompatible path, and the source-checkout example may fail to launch the plugin. These should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant JoystickDevice
  participant GamepadPlugin
  participant GamepadTracker
  participant GamepadSource
  participant GamepadRetargeter
  JoystickDevice->>GamepadPlugin: provide joystick events
  GamepadPlugin->>GamepadTracker: publish GamepadOutputRecord
  GamepadTracker->>GamepadSource: return gamepad state
  GamepadSource->>GamepadRetargeter: provide button and axis tensors
  GamepadRetargeter->>GamepadRetargeter: compute motion or gripper output
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In `@src/plugins/gamepad/gamepad_plugin.cpp`:
- Around line 151-154: Update the device-close handling near
pressed_buttons_.clear() to also reset axes_ to its neutral state before
update() publishes the final sample, ensuring stale nonzero axis values cannot
command motion after disconnect.

In `@src/plugins/gamepad/main.cpp`:
- Around line 34-44: Update discover_gamepad_device_path() to exclude evdev
symlink names ending in -event-joystick, or otherwise restrict candidates to
/dev/input/js* device targets, so GamepadPlugin::open_device() and update() only
receive Linux joystick devices.

In `@src/python/isaacteleop/retargeters/__init__.py`:
- Around line 152-156: Update the GamepadGripperRetargeter registration so base
installations can lazy-load it without triggering the module-level SciPy import
in .gamepad_se3_retargeter: either move the class to a SciPy-free module and
update the module reference, or set its registration extra to retargeters-lite.
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  • src/core/schema/python/CMakeLists.txt
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  • src/plugins/gamepad/README.md
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  • src/plugins/gamepad/main.cpp
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  • src/plugins/keyboard/CMakeLists.txt
  • src/plugins/keyboard/README.md
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  • src/plugins/keyboard/main.cpp
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  • src/python/isaacteleop/deviceio/__init__.py
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  • src/python/isaacteleop/retargeters/gamepad_se2_retargeter.py
  • src/python/isaacteleop/retargeters/gamepad_se3_retargeter.py
  • src/python/isaacteleop/retargeters/keyboard_se2_retargeter.py
  • src/python/isaacteleop/retargeters/keyboard_se3_retargeter.py
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  • src/python/isaacteleop/retargeting_engine/deviceio_source_nodes/deviceio_tensor_types.py
  • src/python/isaacteleop/retargeting_engine/deviceio_source_nodes/gamepad_source.py
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  • src/python/isaacteleop/retargeting_engine/tensor_types/standard_types.py
  • src/python/isaacteleop/schema/__init__.py
  • tests/python/core/retargeting_engine/test_gamepad_retargeter.py
  • tests/python/core/retargeting_engine/test_gamepad_source.py
  • tests/python/core/retargeting_engine/test_keyboard_retargeter.py
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Comment thread src/plugins/gamepad/gamepad_plugin.cpp
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Comment thread src/python/isaacteleop/retargeters/__init__.py
Ports Isaac Lab's Se2Gamepad/Se3Gamepad off raw carb.input events onto the
IsaacTeleop session API, following the keyboard device's established
schema -> tracker -> plugin -> source -> retargeter shape.

- gamepad.fbs + (codegen'd) GamepadTracker: raw joystick-API state
  (pressed_buttons: [ushort], axes: [float]), no semantic mapping.
- gamepad plugin: standalone Linux joystick (/dev/input/js*) reader,
  self-discovers its device under /dev/input/by-path/, auto-launched by
  PluginManager.
- GamepadSource (IDeviceIOSource) exposing "gamepad_buttons" (32-entry
  button bitmap) and "gamepad_axes" (fixed-size axis array) -- buttons and
  axes are reported as-is; retargeters own all button/axis-to-action
  mapping.
- GamepadToSe3RelRetargeter + GamepadGripperRetargeter (stick/dpad -> EE
  delta, X-button toggle -> gripper) and GamepadToSe2Retargeter (stick ->
  base velocity), matching the legacy Se3Gamepad/Se2Gamepad key bindings.

Axis/button indices assume a typical Xbox-style pad under the Linux xpad
driver; not yet validated against physical hardware.

Signed-off-by: Rafael Wiltz <rwiltz@nvidia.com>
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rwiltz added 2 commits August 25, 2026 12:45
…e joystick-API one

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@rwiltz rwiltz changed the title Rwiltz/implement gamepad Add gamepad SE3/SE2 device: schema, tracker, plugin, retargeters Aug 25, 2026

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In `@examples/teleop/python/gamepad_printer_example.py`:
- Line 28: Update PLUGIN_ROOT_DIR to resolve the gamepad plugin source directory
under src/plugins/gamepad, so the existence check finds the plugin and
TeleopSession launches it in a source checkout.
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  • src/plugins/gamepad/main.cpp
  • src/python/isaacteleop/deviceio/__init__.py
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Comment thread examples/teleop/python/gamepad_printer_example.py
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The legacy Isaac Lab Se3Gamepad dead-zoned all stick axes before scaling,
but GamepadToSe3RelRetargeterConfig had no dead_zone field, so small
stick jitter/drift was never suppressed for SE3 (unlike SE2, which
already dead-zones). Add the same dead_zone field and filtering used by
GamepadToSe2RetargeterConfig.

Signed-off-by: Rafael Wiltz <rwiltz@nvidia.com>
The Record-type comment described how trackers/McapRecorder serialize and
query data, which is implementation detail that doesn't belong in the wire
schema. Keep the comment to what the type is.

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