Tool Dynamics

The tool dynamics package supports the visualization and foresee the outcome of the toolpath before running the robots physically.

The tool dynamics package performs the following tasks:

  • Visualizes the end effector’s motion and simulates the resulting toolpath outcome

  • Provides a visualization of the end effector and predicts the outcome of the toolpath execution

  • Simulates the end effector’s trajectory to anticipate the toolpath results

The following packages/libraries from ROS2 and Moveit are as follows:

  • visualization_msgs

  • geometry_msgs

  • robot_model_loader

  • robot_state

  • tf2_ros

  • sensor_msgs

Other dependencies used in conjunction with the tool dynamics ROS2 package:

  • Eigen/Core

How to run the tool dynamics package: ros2 run tool_dynamics tool_dynamics_publisher