AUBO Robot

• Aubo_robot ROS meta-package for ROS-Industrial. See the ROS wiki page for more information.

• This repository provides ROS support for AUBO robots. This repository holds source code for indigo and kinetic. The corresponding robot controller software version is V4. For those software version < V4, can refer to here.

Installation from Source

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For the latest features and developments you might want to install from source.

1. First set up a catkin workspace (see this tutorials).
   

2. Then clone the repository into the src/ folder. It should look like /user_name/catkin_workspace/src/aubo_robot.
   

3. In order to compile the package successfully, you need to install some packages related to MoveIt and industrial_corepackage.
   

4. Make sure to source the correct setup file according to your workspace hierarchy, then use catkin_make to compile.

   The recommended gcc version is 4.8 for Ubuntu 14.04; And for Ubuntu 16.04, the gcc version is 5.4.

Contents

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• The repository contains packages may be unstable, and they will be migrated to the ROS-I repository after sufficient testing.
  
• The contents of these packages are subject to change, without prior notice.
  
• Any available APIs are to be considered unstable and are not guaranteed to be complete and / or functional.

MoveIt! with a simulated robot

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You can use MoveIt! to control the simulated robot like RVIZ or VREP environment. If you want to simulate the robot in RVIZ:

• First set up the MoveIt nodes to allow motion planning and run:

	roslaunch <robot_name>_moveit_config/launch/demo.launch sim:=true

• Then select "Interact" and move the end-effector to a new goal.

• In "Motion Planning" -> "Plan and Execute" to send trajectory to the sim robot

• Exit RViz and Ctrl-C the demo.launch window

Usage with real robot

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+  When operating an AUBO robot under ROS-Industrial control, make certain that no one is within the robot workspace and the e-stop is under operator control.

• Source the correct setup shell files and use a new terminal for each command.

• To bring up the real robot, run:

	roslaunch <robot_name>_moveit_config moveit_planning_execution.launch sim:=false robot_ip:=<192.168.***.***>

• Move the robot around manually using a teach-pendant. Make sure the robot is controlled by robot-controller, see here.

• Verify that the joint positions in RVIZ match the physical robot configuration.

• Then switch to the ros-controller and control the robot through MoveIt.

• Repeat for every joint and pose.

CAUTION:
Mistakes made during this verification step can result in dangerous collisions when experiment with using the MoveIt planning environment to command trajectories with the real robot. Be certain that an E-stop is close by whenever commanding robot motion.