White Papers

MoveIt Pro to bring up your custom robot hardware

October 08, 2024

Many companies choose to design and build their own in-house robotic hardware, whether it’s a custom robotic arm, mobile base, or end effector.

MoveIt Pro for Debugging ROS Applications

September 06, 2024

Debugging robotic systems is typically very challenging due to the complex interactions between hardware, software, and environmental factors.

The Behavior Tree Architecture in MoveIt Pro

August 26, 2024

This whitepaper outlines the advantages of the unique architecture available to organizations that build robotic applications with MoveIt Pro.

Robotics ML Toolbox for MoveIt Pro

December 13, 2023

The Robotics ML Toolbox is an adaptable machine learning pipeline for training robotic arms for perception and segmentation. It is a set of tools for tra...

Protecting your IP with MoveIt Pro

December 13, 2023

We know that building and protecting intellectual property is critically important to our customers. Our commitment is to do exactly that - 100% full sto...

A General Framework for Remote Command and Control of Robots in Space

January 10, 2023

Future space missions are expected to be increasingly uncrewed and robots are expected to perform station keeping duties. The state of the art in robotic...

ROS Driver Development

September 22, 2022

The Robot Operating System (ROS) has become the defacto standard for robotics interoperability around the world, allowing mobile bases, arms, cameras, se...

Hybrid Planning - Welding with the UR10e

February 03, 2022

Robust motion planning for robotic welding, Fraunhofer IPA + PickNik

Fast Visual Servoing with MoveIt

January 21, 2021

Hints for fast and safe reactive control with MoveIt.

Eight Degrees of Difficulty for Autonomous Navigation

December 04, 2020

Discussion of eight different aspects of navigation to help gauge the difficulty of your robot's tasks.

How to leverage Open Source Robotics & protect your company’s IP

September 16, 2020

Many companies are entering the exploding robotics market and are looking to leverage open source technology to quickly deliver value to their stakeholders.