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by johnrowlay
11 Jan 2018, 23:22
Forum: General questions
Topic: In IK mode, tip follows position well, but not orientation
Replies: 1
Views: 5559

In IK mode, tip follows position well, but not orientation

I want my robot gripper to follow a manually-defined path, both in terms of position and orientation. So, I created a path, and assigned a few waypoints, each with my desired position and orientation. Then, I created a target dummy, assigned it as the child of the path object, and chose "Follow...
by johnrowlay
09 Oct 2017, 18:53
Forum: General questions
Topic: IK mode when base is not dynamic
Replies: 3
Views: 2250

Re: IK mode when base is no dynamic

Hi, Thanks for your reply. An image of my scene is here: https://i.imgur.com/D3JiVja.png So, I want the base of the robot to be "hovering" above the floor, and to do this I have turned off dynamics from the base link, and then set its position to be offset from the floor. All the other lin...
by johnrowlay
05 Oct 2017, 14:14
Forum: General questions
Topic: IK mode when base is not dynamic
Replies: 3
Views: 2250

IK mode when base is not dynamic

Hello, I am using the 6-DOF Kinova MICO arm, and want to control it in IK mode, by dragging a target dummy around with my mouse. If I just import the model as it is, set all joints to IK mode (hybrid), create the tip-target arrangement, and then set up the IK calculation module, this works fine. How...