Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Machinekit”
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In this article, you will learn about the opportunities of using Blender to animate industrial robots. Blender is an open source 3D animations software, which is used by 3D artists all over the world to create 3D art and cinematics scene, including blockbuster movies. A couple of weeks ago, someone mentioned to me that Blender 2.8 will be a revolutionary ...
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In a previous article, I explained how Machinekit and ROS could be combined to build fully autonomous robots. In this article, I focus on my project of retro-fitting an industrial robot arm with Machinekit and using it with ROS. The combination of ROS and Machinekit leverages the low-level real-time motion control capabilities of Machinekit and the high-level robotic tools that ...
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In this blog post, you will learn how to install ROS core on the BeagleBone Black/Green/Blue. For demonstration purposes, I will use the Machinekit Debian Stretch image as a base. If you haven't read my blog post about why Machinekit and ROS would be a great combo, I encourage you to read it later. Although the BeagleBone Blue is designed ...
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When you read this article you probably have heard about either ROS or Machinekit, but very likely not thought about combining both to build fully open source robots. Machinekit is an open source motion control software project. The aim of the project is to simplify the creation of motion control systems, be it CNCs, special machines or robots. ROS, the ...
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In this blog post, I will present you my latest project: The first open source hardware (OSH) parallel port cape for the BeagleBone. The goal of this project is to make Machinekit easier to use for a broader audience and to provide a turnkey control solution for CNC machines. The Operator GUI will run on Windows, Linux, Mac, and Android. ...
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This is a quick and easy guide to get from an RCN Debian Linux image for the BeagleBone (Black) to a working Machinekit installation. At the time of writing this blog post, there is no ready to use image available. However, in the future, there might be a ready to use image with everything set-up and ready. So please check ...
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In this blog post, I present WebVCP - web-based user interfaces for Machinekit. Reasons for web UIs over native UIs I have dedicated a lot of my work in the last years ro QtQuickVcp which is a remote UI framework for Machinekit targeting desktop and mobile applications. So you may wonder why I even explored the possibilities of web UIs ...
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On July 2nd and 3rd, I visited the Machinekit Europe meeting hosted by the Eletrolab Hackerspace in Nanterre, Paris. The hackerspace team recorded all talks and Frederic agreed to do the editing work. The first session of the meeting Machinekit Introduction by Michael and Bas, is now ready to be watched on YouTube: Michael talks about Machinekit and potential applications ...
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This article is about porting the Turnigy Fabrikator Mini from HobbyKing to Machinekit. It explains the basics of porting a new 3D printer to Machinekit. For this purpose, the open hardware CRAMPS cape for the BeagleBone Black is used. The Turnigy Fabrikator Mini / TinyBoy I recently stumbled upon a review about a mini 3D printer for 160€ on heise.de. ...
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This article is about using the NextThing C.H.I.P. minicomputer with Machinekit. It explains how one can write GPIO drivers for Machinekit. Furthermore, it also shows how one can build Machinekit on the CHIP and how to cross compile an RT-PREEMPT kernel for the CHIP using the CHIP-SDK. If you are more interested in installing Machinekit and a pre-compiled RT kernel ...
