The gripper is connected to Universal Robots arm (UR5) using the GRIPKIT by Weiss Robotics.
I can control the gripper with the UR teach panel, but I need to control it with ROS.
I have found several ROS packages for the Weiss WSG-50 gripper, but they only seem to work for a gripper connected directly to a computer (via TCP or CAN protocol).
Only the e-Series has the embedded RS485 port on the flange. So no, the regular (ie: non-e-Series) cannot make use of the tool communication functionality.
No ROS control for GRIPKIT: https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/111362/gripkit-and-universal-robots-ros-control https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/gripkit-and-ur5-ros-control/34356
The gripper is connected to Universal Robots arm (UR5) using the GRIPKIT by Weiss Robotics. I can control the gripper with the UR teach panel, but I need to control it with ROS. I have found several ROS packages for the Weiss WSG-50 gripper, but they only seem to work for a gripper connected directly to a computer (via TCP or CAN protocol).
No tool control using UR ROS Driver: https://github.com/UniversalRobots/Universal_Robots_ROS_Driver/issues/164:
Only the e-Series has the embedded RS485 port on the flange. So no, the regular (ie: non-e-Series) cannot make use of the tool communication functionality.