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ROS-Industrial: open-source software in industrial robotics

A couple years ago Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) released an open-source software package which brings industrial robotics into ROS (Robot Operating System). The stack, as is called a ROS collection of packages, is named ROS-Industrial and is distributed under the BSD license, which basically means that it can be used freely in proprietary (commercial) softwares.

Nicolas Lauzier
By Nicolas Lauzier
on Jan 31, 2014 in Robot Programming. 3 min read time
ROS-Industrial: open-source software in industrial robotics

A couple years ago Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) released an open-source software package which brings industrial...

Nicolas Lauzier
By Nicolas Lauzier
on Jan 31, 2014
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Robotic End Effectors - Payload vs Grip Force

The difference between payload and grip force is often misunderstood. Since the selection of these two parameters for robots...

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Teaching Welding Robots by Demonstration vs Teach Pendant Programming

For the past few weeks we have been introducing you to Kinetiq Teaching - a new add-on solution to Yaskawa-Motoman welding...

Guillaume Robert
By Guillaume Robert
on Jan 23, 2014
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Classification of Robotic Grippers and the Next Generation

In the world of robotics, both the industry and application environment determine the specific tool used at the end of a...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jan 14, 2014
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Is an electric robot gripper always a servo gripper?

Electric grippers or servo grippers are most of the time used as synonymous. Are they really the same thing? An electric...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jan 14, 2014
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Software Update for the Collaborative Robot Baxter

Robotic industries had big expectations for the first version of the collaborative robot, Baxter, launched in September 2012....

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6 Key Points for Effective High Speed and Precision Robotic Welding

In the last RIA webinar, interesting subjects were discussed such as high speed and high precision welding. The panel...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Dec 11, 2013
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KUKA's Collaborative Robot Option: KR 5 SI

Since the release of our last Ebook on collaborative robots, robot manufacturers have been informing Robotiq that they also...

Catherine Bernier
By Catherine Bernier
on Dec 05, 2013
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Top 9 Robotic Highlights from IREX and IROS 2013

Japan is one of the most flourishing places in the world for robotics. As I am writing this, I am heading back home after an...

Jean-Philippe Jobin
By Jean-Philippe Jobin
on Nov 27, 2013
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