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OrebroUniversity / yumi

ROS packages pertaining to the ABB YuMi (IRB 14000) robot
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Yumi robot setup with 1 PC only #25

Closed lz89 closed 6 years ago

lz89 commented 6 years ago

Dear all,

Sorry to ask this question here which seems not directly related to the repository. But this repo seems to be the only one for Yumi if I want to program yumi in Linux.

I realised there are several ways to control Yumi, but all of the options seems require Robotstudio on a Window PC and ROS on a Linux PC.

Is there a way to use a Linux PC ONLY to control the Yumi robot?

Thank you very much.

Regards, Lin

lz89 commented 6 years ago

For the future novice who just got your robot: The ROS interface (this repo) is installed on a Linux PC which is connected to the robot service port (XP23) via Ethernet port. The RobotStudio, which is installed on a Windows PC, will only be used when you upload the RAPID program to the robot. You will use the same service port, so you need to disconnect the robot from the Linux machine. When the program is uploaded, the RobotStudio is not needed during control.

If you don't want to switch back and forth, you can use a network switch to connect all three devices (robot, Windows PC and Linux PC) together.