https://github.com/ros-industrial/abb_experimental
Experimental packages for ABB manipulators within ROS-Industrial (http://wiki.ros.org/abb_experimental)
https://github.com/ros-industrial/abb_experimental
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Experimental packages for ABB manipulators within ROS-Industrial (http://wiki.ros.org/abb_experimental)
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ros-industrial/abb_experimental
- Owner: ros-industrial
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2013-08-15T14:34:27.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: kinetic-devel
- Last Pushed: 2024-09-22T13:28:14.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-20T23:46:34.028Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: abb, gazebo, moveit, ros-industrial, urdf
- Language: CMake
- Homepage:
- Size: 24.4 MB
- Stars: 138
- Watchers: 18
- Forks: 116
- Open Issues: 7
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
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[ROS-Industrial][] ABB experimental meta-package. See the [ROS wiki][] page for more information.
## Contents
This repository contains packages that will be migrated to the [abb][] repository after they have received sufficient testing.
The contents of these packages are subject to change, without prior notice.
Any available APIs are to be considered unstable and are not guaranteed to be complete and / or functional.
Branch naming follows the ROS distribution they are compatible with. `-devel` branches may be unstable.
## Naming Convention
All robot support packages and MoveIt configurations follow the naming conventions as described in [REP-I0007][].
## Installation
As this repository contains experimental packages, no binary packages are available.
Instead, follow the instructions to build them in a Catkin workspace shown in the next section.
## Building
### On newer (or older) versions of ROS
Building the packages on newer (or older) versions of ROS is in most cases possible and supported. For example: building the packages in this repository on Ubuntu Xenial/ROS Kinetic or Ubuntu Bionic/ROS Melodic systems is supported. This will require creating a Catkin workspace, cloning this repository, installing all required dependencies and finally building the workspace.
### Catkin tools
It is recommended to use [catkin_tools][] instead of the default [catkin][] when building ROS workspaces. `catkin_tools` provides a number of benefits over regular `catkin_make` and will be used in the instructions below. All packages can be built using `catkin_make` however: use `catkin_make` in place of `catkin build` where appropriate.
### Building the packages
The following instructions assume that a [Catkin workspace][] has been created at `$HOME/catkin_ws` and that the *source space* is at `$HOME/catkin_ws/src`. Update paths appropriately if they are different on the build machine.
These instructions build the `kinetic-devel` branch on a ROS Kinetic system:
```bash
# change to the root of the Catkin workspace
$ cd $HOME/catkin_ws
# retrieve the latest development version of the abb repository. If you'd rather
# use the latest released version, replace 'kinetic-devel' with 'kinetic'
$ git clone -b kinetic-devel https://github.com/ros-industrial/abb.git src/abb
# retrieve the latest development version of abb_experimental
$ git clone -b kinetic-devel https://github.com/ros-industrial/abb_experimental.git src/abb_experimental
# check build dependencies. Note: this may install additional packages,
# depending on the software installed on the machine
$ rosdep update
# be sure to change 'kinetic' to whichever ROS release you are using
$ rosdep install --from-paths src/ --ignore-src --rosdistro kinetic
# build the workspace (using catkin_tools)
$ catkin build
```
### Activating the workspace
Finally, activate the workspace to get access to the packages just built:
```bash
$ source $HOME/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash
```
At this point all packages should be usable (ie: `roslaunch` should be able to auto-complete package names starting with `abb_..`). In case the workspace contains additional packages (ie: not from this repository), those should also still be available.
## Installation and usage
Refer to [Working With ROS-Industrial Robot Support Packages][] for information on how to use the files provided by the robot support and MoveIt configuration packages. See also the other pages on the [ROS wiki][].
Refer to the [tutorials][] for information on installation and configuration of the controller-specific software components.
[ROS-Industrial]: http://wiki.ros.org/Industrial
[ROS wiki]: http://wiki.ros.org/abb_experimental
[abb]: https://github.com/ros-industrial/abb
[REP-I0007]: https://github.com/ros-industrial/rep/blob/master/rep-I0007.rst
[Catkin workspace]: http://wiki.ros.org/catkin/Tutorials/create_a_workspace
[catkin]: http://wiki.ros.org/catkin
[catkin_tools]: https://catkin-tools.readthedocs.io/en/latest
[Working With ROS-Industrial Robot Support Packages]: http://wiki.ros.org/Industrial/Tutorials/WorkingWithRosIndustrialRobotSupportPackages
[tutorials]: http://wiki.ros.org/abb/Tutorials