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I see several users trying to control a gripper or a force sensor connected to UR robot controller from a ROS PC with our ROS package:
http://wiki.ros.org/robotiq
Our ROS package is made to work with device directly connected on PC USB port. Going through the robot controller require some custom solution.
Several solution have often discussed:
- Control device by sending UR script via UR client interface
- Use UR RS485 URCAP
- Send XML command to Robotiq URCAP server
- ...
I never tried but it may be possible to mount UR robot USB over an IP network on a ROS PC. I saw some solution on internet to make this kind of mount:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18837277/using-a-remote-hosts-usb-port-as-local-usb-linux-and-windows
If UR robot USB can be mounted to the ROS PC then it is possible to directly use our ROS package without further customization. That could be a good option.
Please let me know your feedback if you already experience this solution.