Controllers with ”✓” are available.
E01(OpenAs) | E02(OpenAs) | F01 | F02 | F60 | F61 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
duaro1 | ✓ | |||||
rs007l | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
rs007n | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
rs013n | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
rs020n | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
rs025n | ✓ | |||||
rs030n | ✓ | |||||
rs080n | ✓ | ✓ |
Handling(F60): Higher than ASF_01000000W
Handling(F01/02): Higher than ASF_010102006
duAro(F61): Higher than ASF_06000000J
Handling: Higher than ASE401010XX3S
Make sure that the robot controller used for real-time control satisfies the following conditions.
- The controller is connected with a robot and ready to operate.
- Nobody is inside the safety fence.
- The controller is in [REPEAT] mode.
- TEACH LOCK on the Teach pendant is switched to OFF.
- Robot is not on Hold status.
- No error.
- The controller is connected to an Ubuntu PC with Ethernet cable and both are within the same network subnet.
Make sure that the Ubuntu PC used for real-time control satisfies the following conditions.
- The PC is using realtime kernel for Ubuntu 16.04/18.04/20.04.
- The user has real-time permissions.
- (e.g.)Making a real-time group named
realtime
-
Make a group and add a user
sudo addgroup realtime sudo usermod -aG realtime $(whoami)
-
Add the following limits in
/etc/security/limits.conf
(memlock
depends on your system)@realtime - rtprio 99 @realtime - priority 99 @realtime - memlock 512000
-
- (e.g.)Making a real-time group named
Execute the following command on the ROS running PC to start the real-time control.
(e.g.)RS007N:
roslaunch khi_robot_bringup rs007n_bringup.launch ip:=[Controller’s IP address]
When the real-time control process is started, the following message will be displayed by the process.
KHI robot control started. [NOT REALTIME]/[REALTIME]
If the message includes [REALTIME]
, the process is using SCHED_FIFO
scheduling.
When the real-time control process is ready to go, the following messages will be displayed by the process.
[KhiRobotKrnxDriver] State 0: ACTIVATING -> ACTIVE
Once the above messages is confirmed, you are able to start real-time control of the robot from the operation interface of “rviz” or the python’s MoveIt! Commander.
During the real-time control, the display on the Teach pendant will show the figure below.
Press “Ctrl+C” to end the real-time control.
Ending process stops the robot controller and turns it to HOLD state. The display on the Teach pendant will show the figure below.
To control robot controller on ROS, the drivere has control states.
0: "INIT" - Driver init state.
1: "CONNECTING" - Driver is now connecting to Robot Controller.
2: "CONNECTED" - Driver is connected to Robot Controller, but cannot control Robot Arm.
3: "ACTIVATING" - Driver is now activating Robot Arm.
4: "ACTIVE" - Driver can control Robot Arm.
5: "HOLDED" - Driver is holded. Driver doesn't move Robot Arm.
6: "DEACTIVATING" - Driver is now deactivating Robot Arm.
7: "DISCONNECTING" - Driver is now disconnecting to Robot Controller.
8: "DISCONNECTED" - Driver is disconnected to Robot Controller.
9: "ERROR" - Driver halted due to ERROR.
You can get this status by Command Service "get_status".
Service "khi_robot_command_service" is available.
Service format is below...
string type
string cmd
---
int32 driver_ret
int32 as_ret
string cmd_ret
Command format is below...
string type -> "as"
string cmd -> AS Language Command
---
int32 driver_ret -> driver's return code. Refer KRNX_E_*** in krnx.h
int32 as_ret -> AS return code. Refer AS manual.
string cmd_ret -> Response of AS Language Command
string type-> "driver"
string cmd -> "get_signal [NUM]"
---
int32 driver_ret -> driver's return code. Refer KRNX_E_*** in krnx.h
int32 as_ret -> AS return code. Refer AS manual.
string cmd_ret -> "-1"(ON) or "0"(OFF)
[NUM] range (depended on AS system setting)
Output: 1~512
Input: 1001~1512
Internal: 2001~2512
string type -> "driver"
string cmd -> "set_signal [NUM], ..."
---
int32 driver_ret -> driver's return code. Refer KRNX_E_*** in krnx.h
int32 as_ret -> AS return code. Refer AS manual.
string cmd_ret -> NOT USED
[NUM] range (depended on AS system setting)
Output: -1~-512, 1~512
Internal: -2001~-2512, 2001~2512
(Positive value indicates ON state, and negative value does OFF state.)
string type -> "driver"
string cmd -> "get_status"
---
int32 driver_ret -> driver's return code. Refer KRNX_E_*** in krnx.h
int32 as_ret -> AS return code. Refer AS manual.
string cmd_ret -> Driver Status
string type -> "driver"
string cmd -> "hold"
---
int32 driver_ret -> driver's return code. Refer KRNX_E_*** in krnx.h
int32 as_ret -> AS return code. Refer AS manual.
string cmd_ret -> NOT USED
string type -> "driver"
string cmd -> "restart"
---
int32 driver_ret -> driver's return code. Refer KRNX_E_*** in krnx.h
int32 as_ret -> AS return code. Refer AS manual.
string cmd_ret -> NOT USED
string type -> "driver"
string cmd -> "quit"
---
int32 driver_ret -> driver's return code. Refer KRNX_E_*** in krnx.h
int32 as_ret -> AS return code. Refer AS manual.
string cmd_ret -> NOT USED
All of the errors happened during ROS control process will be sent as a message in Error level.
Frequent error messages and troubleshooting are as shown in the table below.
Error message | Troubleshooting |
---|---|
ROS:%s does not match AS:%s | Match the robot model on ROS and robot controller. |
Invalid robot size | Confirm number of robot arm. |
Failed to make rtc param | Check the filesystem is correct. |
Failed to load rtc param | Check AS system. |
Failed to activate: timeout | Check AS's robot program. |
Please change Robot Controller's TEACH/REPEAT to REPEAT | Switch the TEACH/REPEAT mode of the robot controller to REPEAT. |
Please change Robot Controller's RUN/HOLD to RUN | Switch the RUN/HOLD of the robot controller to RUN. |
Please change Robot Controller's TEACH LOCK to OFF | Set the TEACH LOCK on the robot controller to OFF. |
Please change Robot Controller's EMERGENCY to OFF | Release the EMERGENCY button. |
AS ERROR [cont_no]: ano:[arm_no] code:[as_error_code] | Error occurred during the real-time control. Check the error code “as_error_code” of the robot controller and release the error by referring to the [AS Language Reference Manual]. |
RTC SWITCH turned OFF [cont_no]: ano:[arm_no] | Real-time control of the robot controller turned OFF. It needs to restart to control again. |
[krnx_api] returned -[krnx_error_code] | API %s of KRNX returned the error code -0x%X. Refer to the error code of the KRNX API and release the error. |
If an error is about "krnx_PrimeRtcCompData", the detail information is shown as below:
[KhiRobotKrnxDriver] [krnx_PrimeRtcCompData] ano:[arm_no] [jt]pos:vel:status [JT1]%.4f:%.4f:%d ~ [JT6]%.4f:%.4f:%d
Name | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
pos | float | joint command position [rad or m] |
vel | float | joint command velocity [rad/s or m/s] |
status | 0x0001 | Operational area upper limit over |
0x0002 | Operational area lower limit over | |
0x0004 | RTC joint command velocity(diff) limit over |
Error code of KRNX API is defined in “khi_robot/khi_robot_control/include/krnx.h”. Description and Value of the error codes are shown in the table below.
Macro Definition | Description | Value |
---|---|---|
KRNX_NOERROR | No Error | (0x0000) |
KRNX_E_BADARGS | Invalid Argument | (-0x1000) |
KRNX_E_INTERNAL | Internal Error | (-0x1001) |
KRNX_E_NOTSUPPORTED | Not Supported API | (-0x1002) |
KRNX_E_TIMEOUT | Timeout | (-0x1003) |
KRNX_E_AUXNOTREADY | AUX Monitor Not Ready | (-0x1004) |
KRNX_E_FOPENFAIL | File Open Fail | (-0x1005) |
KRNX_E_FILENOTREADY | File Not Exist | (-0x1006) |
KRNX_E_MATRIX | Matrix Calculation Error | (-0x1007) |
KRNX_E_OUTOFRANGE | Inverse Conversion Error | (-0x1008) |
KRNX_E_CANNOTCAL | Inverse Jacobian Error | (-0x1009) |
KRNX_E_COMPDATA | RTC Error | (-0x100a) |
KRNX_E_BADUSERID | Bad User ID | (-0x100c) |
KRNX_E_NULLRESP | Data Not Received | (-0x100d) |
KRNX_E_LOSTPROMPT | Timeout for Prompt Receive | (-0x100e) |
KRNX_E_BUFSND | Communication Send Error | (-0x1010) |
KRNX_E_BUFRCV | Communication Receive Error | (-0x1011) |
KRNX_E_BUFTMO | Communication Timeout | (-0x1012) |
KRNX_E_ASERROR | AS Error | (-0x1020) |
KRNX_E_NOROBOT | No Robot Setting | (-0x1021) |
KRNX_E_SOCK | Socket Create Error | (-0x2000) |
KRNX_E_NOHOST | Bad Hostname | (-0x2001) |
KRNX_E_IOCTLSOCK | Socket Setting Error | (-0x2002) |
KRNX_E_SOCKWRITE | Socket Write Error | (-0x2003) |
KRNX_E_SOCKREAD | Socket Read Error | (-0x2004) |
KRNX_E_NODATA | No Socket Data | (-0x2005) |
KRNX_E_INVALIDPORT | Invalid Port Number | (-0x2006) |
KRNX_E_CONNECT | Socket Connect Fail | (-0x2007) |
KRNX_E_CANTLOGIN | Login Fail | (-0x2008) |
KRNX_E_ALREADYOPENED | Socket Already Used | (-0x2009) |
KRNX_E_UNEXPECTED | Received Data Error | (-0x2010) |
KRNX_E_KINENOTREADY | Kinematics Not Initialized | (-0x2011) |
KRNX_E_ASDELAYED | Communication Sync Error | (-0x2012) |
KRNX_E_BUFEMPTY | Communication Buffer Error | (-0x2013) |
KRNX_E_BUFNO | Invalid Buffer Number | (-0x2014) |
KRNX_E_BUFDATANUM | Send Data Error | (-0x2015) |
KRNX_E_RT_INTERNAL | RT Communication Internal Error | (-0x2100) |
KRNX_E_RT_CONNECT | RT Communication Connect Error | (-0x2101) |
KRNX_E_RT_TIMEOUT | RT Communication Timeout | (-0x2102) |
KRNX_E_RT_NOTCONNECT | RT Communication Connect Error | (-0x2103) |
KRNX_E_RT_SEND | RT Communication Send Error | (-0x2104) |
KRNX_E_PCASALREADYRUNNING | PC-AS Already Running | (-0x2200) |
KRNX_E_TOOMANYPROC | Too Many Process | (-0x2201) |
KRNX_E_INVALIDFILENAME | Invalid File Name | (-0x2202) |
KRNX_E_ILLCONTNO | Invalid Controller Number | (-0x2203) |
KRNX_E_UNDEFF | Undefined Error | (-0xFFFF) |
- Make sure to use realtime kernel for Ubuntu 16.04/18.04/20.04.
- When a robot controller is in the real-time control mode, its state is same as the REPEAT mode. Therefore make sure to the safety issues when the robot controller is in real-time control mode.
- Never make any changes on the sources of the “khi_robot” package.
- Refer to the Documents and community of the MoveIt! for more details on motion/path planning and how to calculate command value.