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Provide a Franka rope task through Arena for recording demonstrations, annotating subtask boundaries, and generating data with SoftMimicGen using PhysX.

  • Add the rope asset, environment, task, Franka embodiment, cameras, teleoperation registration, and example task descriptor.
  • Include an annotated source dataset and tests for environment configuration, recording, annotation, and single-environment and parallel data generation.
  • Add writable Arena asset-cache support to the Docker CI launcher.

Stack layer 2/3: Core -> PhysX -> Newton. This PR targets the Core branch.

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  • New Features
    • Added a Franka robot environment for deformable-rope manipulation, with keyboard and SpaceMouse control, optional cameras, and rope-state observations.
    • Added a SoftMimicGen configuration for generating rope-manipulation demonstrations.
    • Added Arena environment registration and a physx preset option for dataset generation and annotation.
    • Camera observations can now be included in recordings when cameras are enabled.
  • Improvements
    • Dataset annotation and recording workflows now support rope tasks, including rope-state data and camera observations.

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This change adds a Franka rope Arena environment, its task and registration paths, and recording and dataset-generation support. It also configures the Docker cache mount used by CI.

Changes: Franka Rope Environment and Data Workflows

Layer / File(s) Summary
Rope asset, task, and embodiment
autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/{rope_asset.py,task.py,embodiment.py}, autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/mdp/*
Adds the deformable rope asset, Franka IK embodiment, rope observations and reset and termination functions, and the task's observation, event, and termination configurations.
Environment assembly and registration
autodata_examples/envs/{__init__.py,isaac_lab_arena/__init__.py}, autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/{registration.py,franka_rope/*}, autodata_tests/interfaces/env/test_franka_rope_arena.py
Builds the Arena scene and adds run-time and CLI registration for the Franka rope environment. Tests cover registration, environment configuration, and task and embodiment settings.
Recording and dataset workflows
autodata_examples/tasks/franka_rope_softmimicgen.yaml, autodata_interfaces/env/{recorders.py,isaaclab_env_interface.py}, scripts/{annotate_demos.py,generate_dataset.py}, autodata_tests/e2e/*, autodata_tests/test_data/annotated_dataset_franka_rope_softmimicgen.hdf5
Adds camera observation recording, rope SoftMimicGen configuration, and environment registration and seeding in the annotation and dataset-generation scripts. E2E tests cover annotation, recording, rope simulation, and dataset generation.

CI Docker Cache

Layer / File(s) Summary
CI cache directory and Docker mount
scripts/ci/run_tests.sh, docker/run_docker.sh, autodata_tests/utils/test_ci_cache.py
The CI script selects or creates AUTODATA_DOCKER_CACHE_DIR. The Docker script mounts that directory at the container user's cache path, and tests check default and explicit paths.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~50 minutes

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  participant DatasetScript as scripts/generate_dataset.py
  participant RunRegistration as register_environment_for_run
  participant ArenaRegistration as build_and_register_arena_environment
  participant GymMake as gym.make
  participant RopeEnvironment as FrankaRopeArenaEnvironment
  DatasetScript->>RunRegistration: environment name and run settings
  RunRegistration->>ArenaRegistration: Arena settings and optional preset
  ArenaRegistration-->>RunRegistration: constructor kwargs by environment ID
  RunRegistration-->>DatasetScript: environment-specific kwargs
  DatasetScript->>GymMake: environment ID and constructor kwargs
  GymMake->>RopeEnvironment: construct registered environment
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The new rope environment records the wrong joints under its gripper observation, which can silently corrupt demonstration and generated datasets. Annotation and generation may also stop at startup when the external registration callback is used with the rope environment. Fix the gripper observation and resolve the registration path before merging.

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- Line 37: Update register_environments around
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  • autodata_examples/envs/__init__.py
  • autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/__init__.py
  • autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/__init__.py
  • autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/assets/Rope.usd
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  • autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/environment.py
  • autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/mdp/__init__.py
  • autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/mdp/events.py
  • autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/mdp/observations.py
  • autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/mdp/terminations.py
  • autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/rope_asset.py
  • autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/task.py
  • autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/registration.py
  • autodata_examples/tasks/franka_rope_softmimicgen.yaml
  • autodata_interfaces/env/isaaclab_env_interface.py
  • autodata_interfaces/env/recorders.py
  • autodata_tests/e2e/test_annotation.py
  • autodata_tests/e2e/test_recording.py
  • autodata_tests/e2e/test_rope_environment.py
  • autodata_tests/e2e/test_softmimicgen_data_generation.py
  • autodata_tests/interfaces/env/test_franka_rope_arena.py
  • autodata_tests/test_data/annotated_dataset_franka_rope_softmimicgen.hdf5
  • autodata_tests/utils/test_ci_cache.py
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if not is_arena_environment(env_name):
return {}
return build_and_register_arena_environment(

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reuse registration performed by the external callback.

When either AutoData script uses --external_callback autodata_examples.envs.register_environments with the rope environment, the callback registers the environment first. The scripts then call this function unconditionally: scripts/annotate_demos.py, Lines 231 and 250, and scripts/generate_dataset.py, Lines 306 and 322.

This second registration reaches the assertion in isaac_lab_arena/registration.py, Lines 62–64. Both workflows stop before environment creation.

Distinguish callback-owned registration from automatic registration. When the callback already registered and bound the constructor arguments, reuse that registration instead of rebuilding it.

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joint_vel = ObsTerm(func=mdp_isaac_lab.joint_vel_rel)
eef_pos = ObsTerm(func=mdp.ee_frame_pos)
eef_quat = ObsTerm(func=mdp.ee_frame_quat)
gripper_pos = ObsTerm(func=mdp.gripper_pos)

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rg -n -F --glob '*.py' -e 'def gripper_pos' -e 'class.*Observ' -e 'robot_cfg' autodata_examples | head -200
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printf '%s\n' '--- changed-file imports and history diff ---'
git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=80 5214cae36ad62c71dcceb76a6586ed9df1a5458d b62f2b6a34dd6741021b6bb9ac1ca1950ef604fa -- autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/embodiment.py

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printf '%s\n' '--- task usage of gripper observation and explicit parameters ---'
nl -ba autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/task.py | sed -n '1,100p'
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"ManagerBase._process_term_cfg_at_play" Isaac Lab 3.0.0

💡 Result:

`ManagerBase._process_term_cfg_at_play` is an internal method in Isaac Lab 3.0.0’s manager implementation. It recursively resolves `SceneEntityCfg` values and nested term configurations, then instantiates the term if its `func` is a class. It runs when the simulation is playing, because scene resolution depends on the initialized simulation. ([isaac-sim.github.io](https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/v3.0.0-EA/_modules/isaaclab/managers/manager_base.html?utm_source=openai))

The available 3.0.0 source page is for the experimental manager’s copy; its notes say that copy is based on `isaaclab.managers.manager_base`, but may evolve independently. ([isaac-sim.github.io](https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/release/3.0.0/_modules/isaaclab_experimental/managers/manager_base.html?utm_source=openai))

Citations:

- 1: https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/v3.0.0-EA/_modules/isaaclab/managers/manager_base.html?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/release/3.0.0/_modules/isaaclab_experimental/managers/manager_base.html?utm_source=openai

🌐 Web query:

site:isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/v3.0.0-EA/_modules/isaaclab/managers/manager_base.html "_process_term_cfg_at_play" "params"

💡 Result:

In the **Isaac Lab v3.0.0-EA** source, `_process_term_cfg_at_play` iterates over **all fields** in the term configuration, recursively resolves their values, and then initializes `term_cfg.func` if it is a class. It does **not** directly iterate over `term_cfg.params`; `params` is processed as one of those fields. ([isaac-sim.github.io](https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/v3.0.0-EA/_modules/isaaclab/managers/manager_base.html?utm_source=openai))

Citations:

- 1: https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/v3.0.0-EA/_modules/isaaclab/managers/manager_base.html?utm_source=openai

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site:isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/v3.0.0-EA/_modules/isaaclab/managers/scene_entity_cfg.html "joint_ids" "slice(None)"

💡 Result:

The exact `v3.0.0-EA` page in your query returns **404**. The closest matching source I found is the `develop` version: it declares `joint_ids` with a default of `slice(None)`, meaning all joints, and says name selections are resolved to joint indices. That confirms the behavior in `develop`, but doesn’t establish what the unavailable EA page contains. ([]())

🌐 Web query:

Isaac Lab release 3.0.0 scene_entity_cfg.py joint_ids default slice(None)

💡 Result:

Yes. In the available **Isaac Lab `release/3.0.0-beta2`** source, `SceneEntityCfg.joint_ids` defaults to `slice(None)`, selecting all joints when no narrower selection is supplied. The v3.0.0-beta2 API signatures also show this default. ([github.com](https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacLab/blob/release/3.0.0-beta2/source/isaaclab/isaaclab/managers/scene_entity_cfg.py))

**Version note:** I found evidence for `3.0.0-beta2`, not a final `3.0.0` tag, so I can’t confirm whether the final release is identical.

Citations:

- 1: https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacLab/blob/release/3.0.0-beta2/source/isaaclab/isaaclab/managers/scene_entity_cfg.py

🌐 Web query:

site:github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacLab/blob/release/3.0.0/source/isaaclab/isaaclab/managers/scene_entity_cfg.py

💡 Result:

This is the **Isaac Lab `release/3.0.0`** source file [`scene_entity_cfg.py`](https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacLab/blob/release/3.0.0/source/isaaclab/isaaclab/managers/scene_entity_cfg.py). It defines `SceneEntityCfg`, which identifies a scene entity and optionally selects its joints, bodies, fixed tendons, or objects by name/regex or index. `resolve()` converts name selections to indices; `finalize()` moves index selections to device tensors. ([github.com](https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacLab/blob/release/3.0.0/source/isaaclab/isaaclab/managers/scene_entity_cfg.py))

Tell me what you’d like to know about this file—e.g., a method, field, or behavior.

Citations:

- 1: https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacLab/blob/release/3.0.0/source/isaaclab/isaaclab/managers/scene_entity_cfg.py

🌐 Web query:

"joint_ids: list[int] | slice" "release/3.0.0" IsaacLab SceneEntityCfg

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In **Isaac Lab’s `release/3.0.0`**, `SceneEntityCfg.joint_ids` is annotated as `list[int] | slice | torch.Tensor`—not just `list[int] | slice`. It defaults to `slice(None)`, meaning all joints. ([isaac-sim.github.io](https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/develop/_modules/isaaclab/managers/scene_entity_cfg.html?utm_source=openai))

So the quoted type is incomplete for that release. The `release/3.0.0` source page I found is for an **experimental subclass**; it inherits the stable `SceneEntityCfg`, so it doesn’t establish a different `joint_ids` declaration. ([isaac-sim.github.io](https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/release/3.0.0/_modules/isaaclab_experimental/managers/scene_entity_cfg.html?utm_source=openai))

Citations:

- 1: https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/develop/_modules/isaaclab/managers/scene_entity_cfg.html?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/release/3.0.0/_modules/isaaclab_experimental/managers/scene_entity_cfg.html?utm_source=openai

Pass the finger-joint selection through observation parameters.

Isaac Lab does not resolve SceneEntityCfg values from callable defaults. Without robot_cfg in params, joint_ids remains slice(None), so gripper_pos reads the first two articulation joints instead of the finger joints. Recorded gripper_pos observations can therefore contain incorrect data.

Proposed fix
--- "a/autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/embodiment.py"
+++ "b/autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/embodiment.py"
@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@
         joint_vel = ObsTerm(func=mdp_isaac_lab.joint_vel_rel)
         eef_pos = ObsTerm(func=mdp.ee_frame_pos)
         eef_quat = ObsTerm(func=mdp.ee_frame_quat)
-        gripper_pos = ObsTerm(func=mdp.gripper_pos)
+        gripper_pos = ObsTerm(
+            func=mdp.gripper_pos,
+            params={
+                "robot_cfg": SceneEntityCfg("robot", joint_names=["panda_finger_joint.*"]),
+            },
+        )
         object_nodal_pos = ObsTerm(func=mdp.object_nodal_pos)
 
         def __post_init__(self) -> None:
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gripper_pos = ObsTerm(func=mdp.gripper_pos)
gripper_pos = ObsTerm(
func=mdp.gripper_pos,
params={
"robot_cfg": SceneEntityCfg("robot", joint_names=["panda_finger_joint.*"]),
},
)
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@autodata_examples/envs/isaac_lab_arena/franka_rope/embodiment.py at line 109:
Update the gripper_pos ObsTerm to pass a robot_cfg SceneEntityCfg through
params, selecting the panda finger joints so mdp.gripper_pos reads the gripper
joints rather than the first two articulation joints.

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