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[Question] ImplicitActuators not recommended but used extensively in examples #2497

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The docs say not to use ImplicitActuators directly https://isaac-sim.github.io/IsaacLab/main/source/api/lab/isaaclab.actuators.html#implicit-actuator but many of the example robots use them anyways https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacLab/blob/main/source/isaaclab_assets/isaaclab_assets/robots/unitree.py because, as I've verified myself, damping values over 0.5 with typical timesteps of 0.004s cause huge instabilities.

I think the docs or code should be updated since it's impractical to use basically any of the derived explicit actuator classes like DelayedPDActuator since they are unstable for larger motors which require higher damping coefficients.

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