Hi Bas, So what you are saying is yes machinekit will do what I need depending on the hardware used to connect to the robot?
What I was planning on using was AC servos with absolute encoders to replace the proprietary Yaskawa servos and encoders, Can you recommend a control board that can interface with machinekit and industrial AC servo motors? On Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 7:11:40 PM UTC+10, Bas de Bruijn wrote: > > > > On 22 Jul 2018, at 10:30, TheFabricator03 <stefan...@hotmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am interested in learning to set up MachineKit with ROS to control a six > axis industrial robot arm. > > I have spoken to experts in the field of robotics who tell me it is not a > trivial task, mainly due to the dynamic effect of the open chain > manipulator on servo motor control. > > I am told I need to be able to compute the dynamic effect of the > manipulator and have each servo output the exact torque needed to control > the arm. > > > That sounds like a lot of words. > > ROS typically outputs a Position, Velocity or Torque. Reading back the > values of those (which are needed for a certain type of control). So that > magic happens at the ROS side. > > If you can directly use the driving components of the robot, Machinekit > can be used for the playout. Meaning driving motors, reading encoders or if > the hardware supports it a current/torque. > > So to all the experts out there is this possible using Machinekit? > > > It's more a question about the if Machinekit can use/connect to the > hardware. > > Bas > > > Any insight is greatly appreciated. > > > > -- > website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: > https://github.com/machinekit > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Machinekit" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to machinekit+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to machinekit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
