Robotics System Toolbox Support Package for KINOVA Gen3 Manipulators

Kinova Gen3 Manipulator Support from MATLAB and Simulink

Robotics System Toolbox™ Support Package for Kinova Gen3 Manipulators enables you to interface and control the Kinova Gen3 manipulator using MATLAB and Simulink.

This support package utilizes APIs provided by robot manufactures to acquire various sensor data, simulate robot models, and control the robot. Using this support package, you can connect with the robot hardware to test and validate your algorithms.

Capabilities and Features

• Acquire various sensor data from the robot manipulator
• Control individual joint angle or cartesian pose of the robot manipulator
• Command the robot to follow a pre-calculated trajectory
• Connect with the robot hardware to test and validate your algorithms

Supported Hardware and Interface

• Kinova® Gen3 with MATLAB Interface
• Kinova® Gen3 with ROS Interface

Documentation

• Main Page
• Getting Started
• Setup and Configuration
• Select Interface for Connecting to Kinova Gen3 Robot
• Examples

Videos

• Developing a Pick-And-Place Application in MATLAB and Simulink
• Designing Robot Manipulator Algorithms

Examples

• Connect to Kinova Gen3 Robot and Manipulate the Arm using MATLAB
• Solve Inverse Kinematics Problems Using Rigid Body Trees and Move the Kinova Gen3 Robot Manipulator to Follow the Desired Trajectory

• Control Individual Joint Angle of KINOVA Gen3 Robot using ROS interface
• Generate Colorized Point Cloud using Vision Module of Kinova Gen3 Robot
• Detect and Pick Object Using KINOVA Gen3 Robot Arm with Joint Angle Control and Trajectory Control