# Robotiq Wrist Camera Live Data Through RTDE

**URL:** <https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/robotiq-wrist-camera-live-data-through-rtde/18486>\
**Category:** SDU ur\_rtde\
**Created:** [January 6, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/robotiq-wrist-camera-live-data-through-rtde/18486 "2022-01-06T08:17:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon17659784](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@anon17659784](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon17659784)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/robotiq-wrist-camera-live-data-through-rtde/18486/1 "2022-01-06T08:17:28Z")

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Hi

We’re using a UR5e with a Robotiq Wrist Camera. All controlled through Python - no teach pendant at all.

All works great (thanks for all the support here!). The only things that we cannot manage to do is get the images from the Robotiq wrist camera.

Robotiq, upon contacting, says that they do not support information passage besides camera-robot. In other words - there is no official way to get Robotiq live feed **from the camera**.

Is there a way to get the images **from the robot** through RTDE or otherwise?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![anpl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.universal-robots.com/anpl/32/4494_2.png) [@anpl](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anpl)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/robotiq-wrist-camera-live-data-through-rtde/18486/2 "2022-01-06T10:29:29Z")

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Hi

Your question is not really related to “ur\_rtde”, but I will try to answer. You cannot retrieve images from the Robotiq wrist camera through RTDE, and there is no official way of retrieving an image from the camera externally. However, if you have a look at this post:

> **[Control of 2F Gripper and wrist camera on UR10e using ROS Melodic](https://dof.robotiq.com/discussion/1955/control-of-2f-gripper-and-wrist-camera-on-ur10e-using-ros-melodic)**
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> Hi everybody, I would like to control the 2F-85 gripper and the wrist camera on my UR10e using ROS.

You could potentially use the tool communication UR cap, to forward the wrist camera as a virtual serial device to an external PC. Then it might be possible to get the image from that virtual device, I haven’t tried though.

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**Author:** ![anon17659784](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@anon17659784](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon17659784)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/robotiq-wrist-camera-live-data-through-rtde/18486/3 "2022-01-06T10:48:27Z")

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Thank you!  
Appreciate your reply.

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**Author:** ![ychen3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ychen3](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/ychen3)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/robotiq-wrist-camera-live-data-through-rtde/18486/4 "2024-05-21T19:31:55Z")

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HI @anpl , Is there a way use RTDE to control the camera? Thanks