Waiting for supports for builting up a polising system based on ROS

AdvancedLearner 2019-08-20

I am a research students eargering to build up a industrial system based on ROS , UR robot and a force/tourque sensor Robotiq, however, it seems few revelant material helps. It will be appreciated if you guys can offer any help, e.g. tutorials, materials, or codes.

romyal 2019-08-20

Hey AdvancedLearner,

Welcome to the DoF Community!

You can find plenty of resources here -> https://robotiq.com/resource-center
You can also access to them by the product page -> https://robotiq.com/products/ft-300-force-torque-sensor and click on "download files"
The support page could also be very useful -> https://robotiq.com/support

Did you have specific questions? Please, feel free to directly ask them to the community.

Good luck with your project :)

AdvancedLearner 2019-08-20

Dear Miss Romyal

Thanks for your prompt reply. I thought the information, the links provided above are definitely helpful as they give a great amount of examples to users who want to have an assist robot.
However, I wonder if there are some support in educational version? As we are building up a research platform based on ROS, an open source system running on Linux. As was mentioned, few relevant toturial could be found on both github and csdn.
I wonder have you guys do something relevant and would you mind offering some helps.

romyal 2019-08-22

Hi AdvancedLearner!

We can probably do that! Is it possible for you to disclose more information when it comes to your needs? What do you want to do exactly? A better understanding of your objectives will help us find the right resource for you.

Cheers

mathieu_theriault 2019-08-23

Hi AdvancedLearner,

We do have a ROS GitHub page that you check out. Also, our expert in ROS @jproberge will be able to guide you through the setup and use of ROS.

Best regards,

jproberge 2019-08-26

Hi @AdvancedLearner !

Sorry for the delay! As already pointed out by Mathieu, a good starting point is to clone our official ROS package stack, hosted by ROS-Industrial on Github, to your catkin workspace. Before trying to compile the stack, please also see our ROS wiki page for a short list of dependencies. In the stack, you'll find out there is a specific package for the FT300. Once you "rosrun" the said package, it will start publishing all the FT300's data (i.e. Fx, Fy, Fz, Mx, My & Mz) on specific topics, easily accessible from within your application.

Please don't hesitate to contact me should you have any questions about using our products with ROS. Also, don't hesitate to update me if you have an issue while working on your project and I'll be very happy to provide assistance.

All the best,

Jean-Philippe Roberge,
ROS Package Developper / Maintainer
j-p.roberge@robotiq.com

AdvancedLearner 2019-08-27

Dear jproberge

Nice, thanks for your reply again. I'm a PhD student of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, majoring in Robotic Engineering. And the part, 6-axis sensor, is a piece of equipment wanted by our project. y.w.h.robot@gmail.com is my email address. Would you mind sending the quotation of the products to me, as well as its delivery time and the way we should pay for it if we want to get the invoice? Thanks again.

Best wishes to you.

AdvancedLearner 2019-08-27

Dear all

I am sorry for the comment, It seems that the community is made for technical support rather than things purchasing. I'd better find and contact with the salesmen if further help is needed. I feel sorry for my rush comment.

romyal 2019-08-30

Good morning AdvancedLearner,

You can make a quote request here : https://robotiq.com/quote .

Hopefully, this is what you are looking for.

Best regards,