Using linuxcnc to drive a delta robot arm in real time
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03 Jun 2024 17:02 #302251
by hellvetica
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Hi,
I'm fairly new to linuxcnc and am working with a colleague who is relatively experienced. We made a large delta robot arm and plan to use it as a pick and place system coupled with a vision system to move items from a conveyor belt. We setup the arm in linuxcnc and can move it using gcode. The motion control and IK work fine.
I managed to use the python MDI interface to send gcode to the arm. This works OK but there is a small delay when sending the commands and I don't know how I would approach timing and synchronizing the movements through gcode as you don't really know when exactly they're going to be executed.
Ideally, I would somehow inject my coordinates and speeds into the motion controller using HAL but after digging quite a bit I didn't find an obvious way to do that.
What is the best way to do this and how would you approach this?
Thanks
I'm fairly new to linuxcnc and am working with a colleague who is relatively experienced. We made a large delta robot arm and plan to use it as a pick and place system coupled with a vision system to move items from a conveyor belt. We setup the arm in linuxcnc and can move it using gcode. The motion control and IK work fine.
I managed to use the python MDI interface to send gcode to the arm. This works OK but there is a small delay when sending the commands and I don't know how I would approach timing and synchronizing the movements through gcode as you don't really know when exactly they're going to be executed.
Ideally, I would somehow inject my coordinates and speeds into the motion controller using HAL but after digging quite a bit I didn't find an obvious way to do that.
What is the best way to do this and how would you approach this?
Thanks
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04 Jun 2024 05:51 #302295
by Aciera
Replied by Aciera on topic Using linuxcnc to drive a delta robot arm in real time
For timing critical applications you would probably want to avoid anything python and use C/C++ instead.
I would try to use a C HAL component to get the required values into hal, then use the motion.digital and motion.analog pins and use M66 to wait for the respective values in a running gcode.
I would try to use a C HAL component to get the required values into hal, then use the motion.digital and motion.analog pins and use M66 to wait for the respective values in a running gcode.
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