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Learn about vigilant mode.

Release 2.2.0 of KINOVA KORTEX repository in sync with KINOVA Gen3 Ultra lightweight robot version 2.2.0

This release is only for the Gen3, not for the Gen3 lite. The latest version for Gen3 lite is 2.1.0.

Download links

You can download the 2.2.0 firmware package for the Gen3 here.
You can download the 2.2.0 release notes for the Gen3 here.
You can download the most recent User Guide here.

What's new

Robot features

  • New Gen3 6DOF robot model
  • Added Fixed Base and No Vision Module configurations for the Gen3 arm
  • Faster robot movement:
    • Up to 50 cm/s in Cartesian Linear Twist
    • Up to 100 deg/s in Cartesian Angular Twist
    • Up to 80 deg/s in Joint Speeds for big actuators
    • Up to 70 deg/s in Joint Speeds for small actuators
  • Configurable soft limits in the WebApp (you can access the tab in Configurations->Speed Limits):
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  • Teaching mode was added and can be accessed when Creating a new Sequence in the Actions page. You can read more about how the Teaching mode functions in the User Guide.
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  • Controller mappings are now configurable (you can access the tab in Configurations->Controllers):
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Repository and API features

  • The C++ Kortex API is now hosted on our Conan Artifactory server and Conan installation procedure has been added. Once Conan is installed on your machine, you won't have to manually download and extract the API, Conan will take care of that. You can read more about the Conan package manager here. You can still use the old way of building the Kortex API examples and download the API on Artifactory.
  • Support for more compilers and architectures was added with release 2.2 API builds, namely:
    • GCC on Artik 710, IMX6 and NVidia Jetson Xavier
    • Windows MSVC 2015, 2017 and 2019
  • A new deprecation message was added to the API for some functions. In C++, you'll get a compilation warning, and in Python you'll get a runtime warning when you use these functions. The messages tell you what functions you should use instead.
  • Updated the auto-generated documentation for the API.
  • Updated the installation, setup and build instructions.
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