Franka Emika Panda - Robot Apps Explained

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An app for everything
Apps are modular robot programs, each represenng a paral step of a robot task.
They can be purchased in the Franka Store and can be parametrized in Desk to form
enre automaon tasks. These apps can encompass diering scopes from the highly
complex to the very simple. When selected in Desk, each App opens a context menu
in which the user is interacvely lead through the process parameters.
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Aer creang a Task in Desk, all Apps need to be taught, this means that all
necessary parameters of the Apps need to be congured so that Panda knows
how to execute the App.
If not all Apps of a Task have not yet been fully parametrized.
Teaching
You can set the parameters for individual Apps in the context menu. The context
menu of an App comprises one or several steps. Each step can be divided into sub-
steps. For example, for many Apps where a pose is needed, usually two poses are
taught. The actual pose for carrying out an acvity and a transional pose, which
is used for assuring movement in the operang area without risk of collision. These
two poses are normally taught in one step, yet they are individual sub-steps.
App dialog window