Recently, Rethink Robotics announced the Sawyer software development kit, which is designed for researchers and students to build and test programs on Sawyer's intelligent collaborative robots. SawyerSDK is a versatile and widely used university research team and enterprise around the world R & D Labs. SawyerSDK is further compatible with Robotic Operating Systems (ROS) and state-of-the-art open-source robotic tools to deliver cost-effective solutions that bring advanced robots to more school classrooms.
The Sawyer SDK includes a variety of advanced features that allow users to control and interact with robots and the environment and visualize the process. The Sawyer SDK now integrates the popular Gazebo simulator, which creates a world of simulations that show how robots and their Interaction with the environment allows researchers to run and test the code in a simulation environment and then run on the robot. Sawyer's Gazebo integration is completely open source and students can simulate from their personal laptops without a robot Run until they are ready to test code in real time.This method helps professors provide students with industry-leading collaborative robot.
In addition to the Gazebo integration, the Sawyer SDK also offers a new kinematic interface that enables researchers to program robots in Cartesian space, a new feature that helps programmers without a full robotics background reduce their motions Planning Barriers. With this version of the Sawyer SDK, researchers can implement new impedance and force controls. The Sawyer SDK also supports the ClickSmart Smart Claw Kit, a new series of jaws introduced by Rethink Robotics in 2017 Create a fully integrated robotics solution.
Scott Eckert, president and chief executive officer of Rethink Robotics, said: "There are many excellent research institutes around the world that are using Rethink Robotics' collaborative robots and they have also fed back a wealth of experience information to us that reflects the real needs of our research users. With all SDK versions, Rethink Robotics will continue to set the standard for industry-leading features that will help universities and corporate labs drive the robotics community and release their research faster.
Currently, the Sawyer SDK is being piloted in robotics programs at several universities, including Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, Georgia Institute of Technology and Northwestern University. Stanford's Vision and Learning Lab is working on developing robots The skills to apply to industry and everyday life.
Animesh Garg, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University, said: 'Robotics is an area where technology and engineering skills are combined with creativity, and our students have achieved outstanding results by harnessing their creativity with their robots.
Dr. Animesh Garg and his research team enable Sawyer's intelligent collaboration robot to perform tasks directly from the virtual reality (VR) input by using automatic decomposition in simpler activities. Sawyer is also used for learning using simple tools such as hammers and screwdrivers Continuous work.
Through Stanford's experimental robotics class, students are able to think beyond the common industrial tasks of training Sawyer to draw and track moving targets and hovering drones, and with Rethink Robotics' Sawyer intelligent collaboration robot, researchers And students have accumulated more experience in robotics training to help them make greater progress.With the release of the Sawyer SDK, the learning effect will become more apparent.
This SDK will be configurable on all Sawyer smart collaboration robots, and users will have access to Intera Manufacturing and SDK software since March 2018.
To learn more about collaboration robots, visit: http://www.rethinkrobotics.com/ or click here to go to the Sawyer SDK Wiki home page.