Setup Pinocchio Docker

This docker image is based on Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble), with Python 3.12. The Pinocchio visualizer used is Meshcat.

• This image is meant to develop rigid body dynamics simulation using the Pinocchio library with Python bindings.
• This image is not meant to develop with ROS2, neither is tested for C++ based simulations.

Build image:

$ docker build -t pinocchio:devel .

Running the container, in interactive mode:

$ docker run -it pinocchio:devel

Once inside the container, run at /home/ubuntu:

 source .bashrc

Press Ctrl+D to exit the container on the command line.

After finish using your container, clean up:

$ docker container prune

Recommended usage

Use VS Code with the official extensions Docker and Dev Containers to run the image interactively and attach an instance of VS Code to the running container.