CR5Robot

Chinese version of the README -> please click here

Building

ubuntu16.04

cd $HOME/catkin_ws/src

git clone https://github.com/Dobot-Arm/CR5_ROS.git -b kinetic-devel

cd $HOME/catkin_ws

# building
catkin_make

# activate this workspace
source $HOME/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash

ubuntu18.04

Use git to clone the source code

cd $HOME/catkin_ws/src
git clone https://github.com/Dobot-Arm/CR5_ROS.git -b melodic-devel
cd $HOME/catkin_ws

building

catkin_make

activate this workspace

source $HOME/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash

set the dobot type

If you use CR5 robot， please type the fllow commands

echo "export DOBOT_TYPE=cr5" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

If you use CR3 robot， please type the fllow commands

echo "export DOBOT_TYPE=cr3" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Example Demonstration

Apply in simulation environment

1. rviz display

   roslaunch dobot_description display.launch
   

   User can adjust the angle of each joint by joint_state_publisher_gui, and see the result from rviz

   

2. moveit control

   • Active moveit by the following commands

   roslaunch dobot_moveit demo.launch
   

   • Drag the joint to any direction, then click "Plan and Excute" to see the result

   

Controlling real robotic arm

• Connect the robotic arm with following command, and robot_ip is the IP address that the real arm locates

  roslaunch dobot_bringup bringup.launch robot_ip:=192.168.5.1
  

• Active Moveit with following command

  roslaunch dobot_moveit moveit.launch
  

• Install DobotControl Plugin to enable the robotic arm

  1. Press Panels on the tool bar of rviz --> "Add New Panel"
  2. Choose DobotControl, then press "OK"
  3. Press "EnableRobot" to enable the arm
  4. When "Connected" and "Enable" is displayed on the status bar, it means the robotic arm is connected and enabled, and users can control the robotic arm via Moveit

  

Custom Function Development

Msg and srv is defined in dobot_bringup. Users can control the robotic arm via those underlying commands