Franka Emika Panda - Desk Software Overview

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Desk overview Panda is programed using the web applicaon Desk. This is opened by entering the
URL hps://robot.franka.de. Desk allows you to create Tasks. Tasks are program
sequences and consist of a chronological sequence of Apps. Apps are the building
blocks of a Task and describe the basic capabilies of Panda, such as “grip”, “put
down”, “push buon”. The Apps within a Task need to be parametrized, meaning
that parameters such as poses, orientaons, speeds etc. need to be set. This pro-
cess is called “teaching”.
A list with a brief descripon of apps, app packages and soluons can be found at:
hps://www.franka.de/apps/
1. The meline is the area in which you can line up your apps in order to pro-
gram your task.
2. In the task area, you can store your programed tasks, perform administraon,
or click on already-programed tasks, in order to acvate them.
3. The app area is to be found here, i.e. the collecon of installed apps avail-
able to you for programming. You can simply drag them onto the meline via
Drag-and-Drop, in order to congure them for the next step.
4. In the side bar you can see which guiding mode Panda is in. In other words,
whether, for example, translaonal or rotaonal movements are enabled in
guiding Panda. Thereunder are situated important noces on Panda’s status,
such as, for example, whether the external acvaon switch is on or o, or
whether there is an error.
List of available apps, app packages
and soluons
First steps
INTERACTING & PROGRAMMING