May 03, 2021
Universal Robots, PickNik, and FZI are proud to announce a ROS™ 2 driver for the entire line of UR robots! This is one of the very first ROS 2 manipulator drivers. Some of the new features enabled by ROS 2 include decreased latency, improved security, and more flexibility with regard to middleware configuration. Launch files to get started quickly and easily with MoveIt2 are included.
The new driver supports nearly all of the original ROS 1 driver’s capabilities and should feel familiar to ROS 1 users. It is compatible across the entire line of UR robots – from 3 kg payload to 16 kg payload and including the E-series. We look forward to seeing lots of new and creative applications, just as we’ve seen in ROS 1!
The installation instructions can be found here. As this is the official Beta release, please leave feedback for the developers as issues.
MoveIt Pro is PickNik Robotics’ commercial robotics software platform that extends the capabilities of the open-source MoveIt project. Designed for unstructured environments, MoveIt Pro provides powerful tools for motion planning, grasping, perception, and behavior sequencing. With pre-built robot behaviors and a modular runtime architecture, MoveIt Pro significantly reduces engineering effort and time-to-deployment. Its hardware-agnostic design supports a wide range of commercial and custom robotic arms, making it ideal for scalable automation across space, manufacturing, and logistics sectors.
