Paired with multiple instances of the ROS nodes (appropriately namespaced) this supports asynchronous motion execution and state reporting in multi-group robot setups. There is no special support for robot controllers configured with multiple mechanical units, but this can be worked-around by setting up multiple instances of the RAPID programs and assigning them to specific units.
#SYNC RAPID WITH CONTROLLER ROBOTSTUDIO DRIVER#
The driver is largely manipulator agnostic, meaning that it will work with just about any ABB robot an IRC5 controller is compatible with.
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However, no significant development is planned, as development focus has shifted to abb_robot_driver (with abb_libegm and abb_librws).Ĭommunity contributed usability enhancements and new features will however be accepted and merged. The package is usable as-is, but is not feature complete.
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This package is part of the ROS-Industrial program.