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Creation of control software for the forklift is part of the research project and is the responsibility of the user/system integrator. </pre> | Creation of control software for the forklift is part of the research project and is the responsibility of the user/system integrator. </pre> |
Revision as of 15:56, 30 June 2016
The forklift sold by the youBot store is a perfect tool for testing warehouse logistics algorithms. It can be mounted on a KUKA youBot and does not require any additional power supply.
The youBot Forklift is an open system that has been specially developed for research purposes with an emphasis on robotics. The youBot Forklift may only be used by laboratory and research personnel for the performance of special experiments and research tasks. Creation of control software for the forklift is part of the research project and is the responsibility of the user/system integrator.
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Hardware specification
Max stroke | 250 mm |
Max payload | 6 kg |
Weight without payload | 5,5 kg |
Min linear speed | 3 mm/s |
Max linear speed | 10 mm/s |
Operational voltage | 24 V - 48 V |
Nominal motor current | 4,2 A |
Max phase current | 6 A |
Communication | USB |
Forks spacing | 140 - 260 mm |
Material | frame: aluminium (black anodized)
fork: stainless steel |
Combination with other youBot accesories
The forklift is designed to work with the Hokuyo URG-04LX-UG01 laser scanner mounted centrally in the front of the robot on a universal sensor carrier (see figure 7). It is also possible to work with other sensors and accessories as long as the total weight and total power consumption do not exceed the limits of the youBot.
Installing the software
In the following it is assumed that there is a catkin workspace created in
∼/catkin ws
into which the forklift packages are checkout out. If another catkin folder is used just replace it in the following command. To checkout and compile the forklift software run in a command shell:
cd ∼/catkin ws/src git clone http://github.com/youbot/youbot forklift.git cd .. catkin make
This should compile without any errors. It is not possible to install the software via debian packages and apt-get commands yet.