Excuse me, we’ve just bought a new UR5e robot. I have used a UR5 before, but never done the full setup procedure for a new one. Our plan is to have it controlled from a python program on a PC with a dedicated ethernet cable between the two. This would use a python library called URx which I’ve had p…

That library is created by Sintef Manufacturing: [image] GitHub - SintefManufacturing/python-urx: Python library to control a robot... Python library to control a robot from 'Universal Robots' http://www.universal-robots.com/ - GitHub - SintefManufacturing/python-urx: Python library to c…

As I’ve heard that library is quite popular amongst UR robots users, does anyone here know about this question’s answer, or will I need to contact Sintef?

TLDR: This library would require setting the network settings, and putting the robot in remote control mode. I just dug into their source code. That library uses UR’s Secondary and Real-Time interfaces ( Reference ). Be aware that these interfaces require the robot to be in remote control mode and w…

Thank you for your detailed response. Does the library’s use of secondary and real-time interfaces loose it any useful features? Does it bypass things like the early “pre”-self-collision detection or the way the robot will stop motion if it detects too much force on it (I don’t think these were on …

Does the library’s use of secondary and real-time interfaces loose it any useful features? Does it bypass things like the early “pre”-self-collision detection or the way the robot will stop motion if it detects too much force on it Nope, power and force limiting are still very much enabled Does pl…

Minimum setup required on robot before using URx python library

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terryc August 19, 2022, 4:51pm 2

That library is created by Sintef Manufacturing:

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Minimum setup required on robot before using URx python library

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