This is a meta-package containing everything to run an ABB robot or simulation with ROS2.
abb_bringup: Launch files and ros2_control config files that are generic to many types of ABB robots.abb_hardware_interface: A ros2_control hardware interface using abb_libegm.robot_specific_config: Packages containing robot description and config files that are unique to each type of ABB robot.abb_resources: A small package containing ABB-related xacro resources.docs: More detailed documentation.robot_studio_resources: Code and a pack-and-go solution to begin using RobotStudio easily.abb_ros2: A meta-package that exists to reserve the repo name in rosdistro
There are three ways to use this package:
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With an actual, physical ABB robot
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With ROS2 simulating the robot controllers
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With an ABB RobotStudio simulation. Requires 2 PC's (one Windows, one Linux)
Detailed setup instructions can be found here.
The IRB1200-5-0.9 is the only robot that has robot description and config files as of March 2022. Pull requests to add additional robot types are welcome.
This package has a pre-commit check that runs in CI. You can use this locally and set it up to run automatically before you commit something. To install, use pip:
pip3 install pre-commit
To run over all the files in the repo manually:
pre-commit run -a
To run pre-commit automatically before committing in a local repo, install git hooks:
pre-commit install