Hello, I am trying to hand guide the UR5 robot in free-drive to make it write alphabets. While doing so, I found that there is less ease in movement of robot, i.e. I have to apply a certain minimal force to make it move with ease, as ease as moving the our hand or while Does someone have any idea…

The easiest way to make freedrive feel lighter is to ensure that you have the current tool correctly configured in the installation file. Correctly configuring the TCP, the centre of gravity as well as, most importantly, the payload will mean the robot is correctly counteracting the forces of the to…

Is this the same topic as you started here? [image] Reducing Stiffness of each joint in Free Drive Technical Questions Hello, I am trying to us UR5 robot to draw alphabets. I noticed while drawing through hand-guiding during free drive, there is high stiffness in each jo…

yeah similar one, but with different perspective/interpretation. I am still trying to solve this problem without using external force/torque sensor.

Increasing the ease of movement in freedrive

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Is this the same topic as you started here?

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Increasing the ease of movement in freedrive

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