Hardware: Franka Emika Panda/FR3

The Franka Emika Panda/FR3 is our go-to choice for robot manipulator!

It offers a easy interface to our control framework and grants us all the flexibility we need for our approach. Its 7 degrees of freedom and joint torque controllers make it the perfect choice for the Platonics.

Features

What you need for the Platonics approach

We use a minimal set of hardware to make our approach as accessible as possible. Here are the key components:

3D printed fingertips

Our controllers are designed to be safe to work with, even in close proximity to humans Download the STL file.

3D printed camera mount

The camera mount allows seemless integration of the camera with the robot manipulator Download the STL file.

Realtime Control Hardware

We use a affordable Intel NUC to run our control software and communicate with the robot manipulator. Learn more.

Camera

We use the Intel RealSense D405i camera for our vision tasks. Learn more.