Revel Robotic Manipulator
ROS Software Maintainer: Max Svetlik - max@svenzva.com
ROS Software Stack: svenzva_ros
Tested platforms: Ubuntu 14.04 + Indigo, Ubuntu 16.04 + Kinetic
Contents
Overview
Revel is an affordable high performance robotic manipulator from Svenzva Robotics. Revel's features and pricepoint allows labs, schools and companies to add robot arm(s) to their curriculum or robot platform.
Revel is a mid-sized robot arm with a weight under 3kg, a full reach of 63cm and a payload of 1.2kg at full reach. Power requirements are modest and it is a fully ROS enabled system including MoveIt!, ros_control and Gazebo support. All robot features are exposed via ROS interfaces.
More information can be found at https://svenzva.com/revel.
Installation
Please see installation instructions on Revel's ROS software stack wiki page.
Support
Software support is given through our github issues page. For other inquiries visit our support center.
Library Overview
Basic Configuration
Component |
ROS package/stack |
||Robot Messages||svenzva_msgs || ||Robot Model and Description||svenzva_description ||
Hardware Drivers and Simulation
Component |
ROS package/stack |
Internal Motor Drivers |
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External Controller (ros_control) |
svenzva_drivers/src/ros_control |
Simulator |
High-Level Capabilities
Component |
ROS package/stack |
Cartesian Joystick Teleop |
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Kinesthetic Teaching Interface |
