Interface EtherCAT servo motor with ROS

asked 2016-02-16 20:47:21 -0600

dgnikiroat
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updated 2016-02-17 20:34:09 -0600

hello everyone,

i am student and i want to build my own robot arm. I have finished my robot urdf file and MoveIt! setup. Now i have bought Panasonic Servo and motor(MINAS A5B EtherCAT servo drives). But i can't communicate servo with Ros and don't know which package i can use. Should i use ros_control package? Can anyone guide me?

Thanks!

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answered 2016-02-17 04:11:08 -0600

gvdhoorn
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I think you'll want to look at ros_ethercat by Shadow Robot. It's a rewrite of the Ethercat interfacing stack used on the PR2, but ros_control capable, more generic and maintained.

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Thanks! a very good example!

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answered 2016-02-17 02:17:58 -0600

altella
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Hello; Not all the motors and protocols are supported, as far as I know. If there is an SDK for the drives on linux, you can always program your own interface node..