Unfortunately for the pressure you probably will need to use the aio device.
An alternative is to look into the plugable interface system, using this you could design a custom interface tailored to the device. Toby 2008/12/17 Jon Mandrell <[email protected]> > Thanks! > I see how that interface could be used to give positional control of the > arm's joints as well as the gripper. I don't see any way I could read the > pressure the gripper is exerting on something. I could present an 'aio' > interface for the pressure but I'd like something more closely related to > what it's sensing. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Toby Collett > [mailto:[email protected]<tcollett%[email protected]> > ] > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:06 PM > To: Gazebo developers > Subject: Re: [PlayerStage-Gazebo] Gripper question > > Hi, > For more advanced grippers I would recommend using the actarray interface. > > Toby > > 2008/12/17 Jon Mandrell <[email protected]> > > > I'm attempting to add support for our company's robot ( > > http://www.corobot.net) and am having problems with the gripper > interface > > as it is currently specified. > > > > Most of the interfaces seem fairly generic (position2d can support all > > sorts of different bases for example) but the gripper interface is very > > limited, and seems to be designed for a specific robot's gripper. > > Unfortunately our robot doesn't match the model. > > > > Our robot has a pressure sensor in the gripper and the ability to set the > > width of the gripper opening from fully closed (0 inches) to fully opened > > (1.3 inches). With the current gripper interface supporting OPEN and > CLOSE > > commands I would need to add code to watch the pressure sensor when > closing > > until it sees pressure. I'm OK with this but I'd like a lower-level > > interface as well to allow the client to specify the amount of opening > and > > to read how much pressure is being exerted by the gripper. > > > > Did I misread the interface or is there some other generic way to provide > > what I need to do? > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, > Nevada. > > The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help > > pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at > > > > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Playerstage-gazebo mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/playerstage-gazebo > > > > > > -- > This email is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged > and/or confidential information > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. > The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help > pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Playerstage-gazebo mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/playerstage-gazebo > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. > The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help > pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Playerstage-gazebo mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/playerstage-gazebo > -- This email is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged and/or confidential information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Playerstage-gazebo mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/playerstage-gazebo
