Beginner help to create URCaps

[michael.andresen]

You need 2 grams of fairy dust, 1 photo of an unicorn, and search “sdk” on the forum.

Possibilities of a URCaps plugin

Introduction URCaps make it possible to seamlessly extend any Universal Robot with customized functionality. The URCap Software Platform enables the tight integration of 3rd party software solutions with the ‘UR workflow’. The platform is introduced with UR Software version 3.3. Using the URCap Software Platform, a URCap developer can define customized installation screens and program nodes for the end user. These can, for example, encapsulate new complex robot programming concepts, or provide…

Download URCaps SDK

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URCaps Starter Package

Please go to the Download Center, to get the latest Starter Package. New to Java, Maven, Linux or URSim? If you do not care which Java IDE you are using, or are not familiar with Linux, you can download this starter package. The starter package includes a virtual Ubuntu image with: URSim (UR simulator with graphical user interface PolyScope) URCaps SDK (including sample URCap projects, the API and repository) Maven 3 Eclipse Kepler Java IDE All you need is a virtual machine software like V…

URCap deployment methods

There are 4 ways of deploying a URCap to a robot: Manual deployment over USB Deploying to a physical robot connected over Ethernet Deploying to a URSim running in the same environment as the IDE and Maven Deploying to a URSim running in a VM different from where the IDE and Maven is located All above are explained in the URCap Tutorial enclosed in the SDK. 1) Manual deployment over USB Navigate to the URCap project folder (e.g. com.ur.urcap.helloworld) Build the URCap by writing: mvn inst…