Rename actuator controllers and clamping base class - #4054
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Use Drive terminology for actuator effort laws to distinguish them from the standalone newton.controllers API and align with USD Physics. Retain the previous class names, keywords, attributes, parsed fields, and component kind through Newton 1.6 with DeprecationWarning guidance.
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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The PR renames the actuator API while preserving deprecated aliases, but the deprecated controller setter can still leave the active effort mode attached to an old, unfinalized drive, potentially causing incorrect actuator behavior for compatibility users. The change is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant USDParser
participant ActuatorParsed
participant ModelBuilder
participant Actuator
participant DriveBase
USDParser->>ActuatorParsed: Parse drive_class and drive_kwargs
ActuatorParsed->>ModelBuilder: Register drive configuration
ModelBuilder->>Actuator: Construct with drive
Actuator->>DriveBase: Compute force with drive_state
DriveBase-->>Actuator: Return force and updated state
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In `@docs/concepts/actuators.rst`:
- Around line 324-328: Update the implicit-mode statement near the listed
DrivePD, DrivePID, DriveNeuralMLP, and DriveNeuralLSTM classes to limit the
claim to supported built-in drives, rather than asserting that all drives
support implicit mode. Keep the surrounding drive list and subsequent exceptions
unchanged.
In `@newton/_src/actuators/actuator.py`:
- Around line 86-88: Update the union annotations in the actuator state
parameters and the corresponding annotation around line 151 so None appears
after object, resolving the RUF036 warnings while preserving the existing types
and defaults.
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Thanks, looks good to me, could you please rename Clamping to ClampingBase as well for consistency ?
Rename the clamping base class to ClampingBase while retaining Clamping as a warning-producing compatibility alias. Validate conflicting deprecated keywords before warning, and clarify implicit drive support in the documentation.
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259-262: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftKeep the active effort mode synchronized with
controller.Line 262 updates
self.drive, but the active_EffortModeExplicitstill holds the drive passed to__init__. Subsequentstep()calls therefore compute with the old drive. The replacement drive is also not finalized. Rebuild or update the active effort mode and finalize the replacement drive, including the implicit-mode configuration, or reject runtime drive replacement.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@newton/_src/actuators/usd_parser.py`:
- Around line 98-106: In the constructor’s deprecated argument handling,
validate both conflict pairs—controller_class with drive_class and
controller_kwargs with drive_kwargs—before either warnings.warn call. Preserve
the existing TypeError messages and assignments, but ensure invalid mixed calls
raise without emitting any deprecation warning.
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In `@newton/_src/actuators/actuator.py`:
- Around line 259-262: Update the controller setter in the actuator class so
replacing the drive keeps the active _EffortModeExplicit synchronized instead of
continuing to use the initialization-time drive. Finalize the replacement drive
and rebuild or update the active effort mode using the existing implicit-mode
configuration, or reject runtime replacement if synchronization cannot be
guaranteed.
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Validate both deprecated/new keyword conflict pairs before issuing any deprecation warning. Add coverage for mixed invalid calls so they raise the intended TypeError even when deprecation warnings are errors.
Add concrete Model and State annotations to ResponseOracle's public constructor and refresh method. Cover the signatures with a regression test so public typing remains complete.
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@jcarius-nv could you approve this PR as well? It needs maintainer approval to get merged. |
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sorry, missed the notification. Should be good now. |
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Description
Rename the actuator effort-law API from
Controller*toDrive*, withDriveBase,DrivePD,DrivePID,DriveNeuralMLP, andDriveNeuralLSTMas the canonical public names. This distinguishes theselow-level actuator laws from the standalone
newton.controllersAPI andaligns the terminology with USD Physics drives.
Standardize actuator base-class naming by renaming
ClampingtoClampingBase. The formerController*andClampingnames remainfunctional through the Newton 1.6 deprecation window and emit
DeprecationWarningwith migration guidance.Rename the related actuator fields and keywords from
controllertodrive, including builder registration, parsed USD results, actuatorstate, and
ComponentKind.DRIVE. Conflicting old and new keywords raise aclear
TypeErrorbefore deprecation warnings are emitted.Checklist
changelog fragment instructions
Test plan
The focused migration suite failed before the implementation and now passes
with deprecation warnings promoted to errors.
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Drive*actuator API for PD, PID, neural, and base drive components.Controller*names and controller-related keywords as compatibility aliases with warnings.Clampingin favor ofClampingBase.