Final Year Project - Robot plays air hockey

Hi, I succeeded in following the tutorials found in the  abb/Tutorials  for installing and operating an ABB robot using the ROS Industrial interface. This tutorial covered multiple things: 1. Walk-through guide of installing the ROS Server code on the ABB robot controller and in RobotStudio. 2. Running the ABB ROS Server to execute motion commands sent from the ROS client node. I also followed this tutorial  to run motion commands from a Linux PC. This tutorial covered the commands that I needed to get started of moving the ABB in both RobotStudio and the physical robot. To enable the robot in RobotStudio from my Windows PC to move from commands sent by the ROS client in my Linux PC, I had to disable some firewall securities. Using these two web pages ( Google Forum  and  Allow Pings ), I was able to allow communication between two PCs. Looking at the rapid code provided by the abb/Tutorials, I figured that I needed to run the physical robot in...

Hi, This week, I updated the camera setup to implement with the overall system. After using the previous camera setup for a couple of weeks now, I found it to be fragile and often moved a lot. To progress with the project and actually get to use the real robot, I had to create a robust table frame that I plan to use in the final demo. Final CAD for Camera Setup Note: The brown table is where the ABB will be mounted on. It has the same dimension as the table that the ABB is currently mounted on. Physical Camera Setup  The image above shows the actual camera setup. I still have to print the part that the camera will be mounted on. In addition, the ABB is currently mounted on two pieces of 8mm thick MDF that contains holes for m8 bolts. I plan on using these holes to hold the table in place to make calibration between the table and the robot easier. Immanuel