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Cherry pick from main
Ports Isaac Lab's Se2Keyboard/Se3Keyboard off raw carb/kit keyboard events onto the IsaacTeleop session API.

  • keyboard.fbs + (codegen'd) KeyboardTracker: raw evdev key-press state (pressed_keys: [ushort]), no semantic mapping.
  • keyboard plugin: standalone Linux evdev reader, self-discovers its device under /dev/input/by-path/, auto-launched by PluginManager.
  • KeyboardSource (IDeviceIOSource) exposing "keyboard" (fixed 13-key SE3 subset) and "keyboard_all_keys" (256-entry bitmap covering every standard key) -- keys are reported as-is; retargeters own all key-to-action mapping.
  • KeyboardToSe3RelRetargeter + KeyboardGripperRetargeter (WASDQE/ZXTGCV -> EE delta, K-key toggle -> gripper) and KeyboardToSe2Retargeter (arrow/numpad -> base velocity), matching the legacy Se3Keyboard/Se2Keyboard key bindings.

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  • New Features
    • Added Linux keyboard input with automatic device discovery and standalone operation.
    • Exposes pressed-key states, movement controls, and full key bitmaps.
    • Added SE(3), gripper, and SE(2) keyboard retargeters with configurable sensitivities.
    • Supports recording and replay of keyboard data.
    • Bundles the keyboard plugin with Python packages and adds a keyboard demonstration example.
  • Documentation
    • Added setup, permissions, supported keys, usage, and autorepeat guidance.
  • Tests
    • Added end-to-end coverage for keyboard tracking, schemas, source outputs, motion, gripper, reset, and base controls.

rwiltz added 4 commits August 24, 2026 12:13
Backport of the keyboard device from main, hand-ported rather than
cherry-picked: this branch predates both the manifest-driven tracker
codegen (trackers.toml doesn't exist here) and the consolidation of
isaacteleop's Python source under src/python. KeyboardTracker is
therefore hand-written (deviceio_base interface, deviceio_trackers
facade, live_trackers/replay_trackers impls + factory dispatch
entries), following generic_3axis_pedal_tracker's structure exactly,
and the Python-side files live at this branch's pre-consolidation
paths (src/core/retargeting_engine/python/..., src/retargeters/...).

Feature set matches main:
- keyboard.fbs + KeyboardTracker: raw per-key press state
  (pressed_keys: [ushort] of evdev key codes), no semantic mapping.
- keyboard plugin: standalone Linux evdev reader, self-discovers its
  device under /dev/input/by-path/, auto-launched by PluginManager.
- KeyboardSource (IDeviceIOSource) exposing "keyboard" (fixed 13-key
  SE3 subset) and "keyboard_all_keys" (256-entry bitmap, every key).
- KeyboardToSe3RelRetargeter and KeyboardGripperRetargeter.
- keyboard_printer_example.py.

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This change adds Linux evdev keyboard support across the stack. It defines keyboard FlatBuffers data and Python bindings, adds live and replay tracker implementations, builds and packages a keyboard plugin, and exposes Python source nodes and retargeters. It also adds a keyboard printer example and end-to-end tests.

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The keyboard recovery path can continue publishing stale key state when resynchronization fails, so a released key may keep driving teleoperation; the example also does not start the required keyboard plugin. These concrete control and integration issues make the PR unsafe to merge until corrected.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant KeyboardPlugin
  participant LiveDeviceIOFactory
  participant LiveKeyboardTrackerImpl
  participant KeyboardSource
  participant KeyboardToSe3RelRetargeter
  KeyboardPlugin->>LiveDeviceIOFactory: publish KeyboardOutput
  LiveDeviceIOFactory->>LiveKeyboardTrackerImpl: create tracker implementation
  LiveKeyboardTrackerImpl->>KeyboardSource: provide KeyboardOutputTrackedT
  KeyboardSource->>KeyboardToSe3RelRetargeter: provide keyboard tensor
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  • NVIDIA/IsaacTeleop#1001: Implements overlapping keyboard schema, plugin, source, retargeters, bindings, and example changes.
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In `@examples/teleop/python/keyboard_printer_example.py`:
- Line 26: Update PLUGIN_ROOT_DIR in the keyboard printer example to use the
bundled plugin search path, resolving the source-tree location
src/plugins/keyboard and the installed-wheel location
isaacteleop/plugins/keyboard as appropriate. Ensure the existing plugin
existence check and launch flow can find the keyboard plugin and receive
keyboard data.

In `@src/plugins/keyboard/keyboard_plugin.cpp`:
- Around line 99-106: Update open_device() to query EVIOCGKEY after a successful
open and initialize pressed_keys_ from the returned key bitmap. In update(),
handle EV_SYN/SYN_DROPPED by discarding events until the next SYN_REPORT, then
rebuild pressed_keys_ via EVIOCGKEY before resuming normal EV_KEY processing;
preserve existing press, release, and autorepeat handling.
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  • src/plugins/keyboard/CMakeLists.txt
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  • src/plugins/keyboard/main.cpp
  • src/plugins/keyboard/plugin.yaml
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  • src/retargeters/keyboard_se2_retargeter.py
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@rwiltz rwiltz changed the title Rwiltz/implement keyboard 1.4.x CherryPick: Add keyboard SE3/SE2 device: schema, tracker, plugin, retargeters Aug 25, 2026
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In `@src/plugins/keyboard/keyboard_plugin.cpp`:
- Around line 111-116: Update the recovery handling around resync_pressed_keys()
and update() so that while awaiting_syn_report_ is true, push_current_state()
publishes an empty invalid keyboard output instead of the stale pressed_keys_
state. Resume publishing the normal keyboard state only after
resync_pressed_keys() succeeds and awaiting_syn_report_ is cleared.
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rwiltz added 2 commits August 25, 2026 15:59
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.

Signed-off-by: Rafael Wiltz <rwiltz@nvidia.com>
KeyboardToSe3RelRetargeter and KeyboardGripperRetargeter read a separate
fixed 13-key TensorGroupType (KeyboardInput), while KeyboardToSe2Retargeter
already read the 256-entry keyboard_all_keys bitmap. Move SE3 and the
gripper onto keyboard_all_keys too, so KeyboardSource has a single output
and every retargeter shares one bitmap-indexing convention. Introduce
EvdevKeyCode, a comprehensive IntEnum of standard evdev key codes
(linux/input-event-codes.h), replacing both the removed KeyboardInputIndex
and keyboard_se2_retargeter.py's raw magic-number key constants.

Removes KeyboardInput/KeyboardInputIndex entirely (pre-release, never
shipped) rather than deprecating.

Signed-off-by: Rafael Wiltz <rwiltz@nvidia.com>
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