Implement load in iDynTree example

Author: GiulioRomualdi

examples/load_in_idyntree.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright 2022 Giulio Romualdi
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+Load a robot description, specified from the command line, in iDynTree.
+
+This example requires iDynTree, which is installed by ``conda install -c conda-forge idyntree``.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+
+from robot_descriptions.loaders.idyntree import load_robot_description
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("name", help="name of the robot description")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    try:
+        robot = load_robot_description(args.name)
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+        robot = load_robot_description(f"{args.name}_description")
+
+    print(f"Robot successfully loaded as {robot}")