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Kinova Gen3: Getting Started Guide

Accessing the Web Application

  1. Ask an SSE technician for the robot's IP address, and login credentials
  2. Open a web browser (Google Chrome is recommended)
  3. Access the Kinova Web Application by typing the robot's IP address in the browser's address bar
  4. Enter the username and password given in step one and click "Connect"

Web App Interface

  1. Pose allows the user to move the end effector*, by opening up a virtual joystick. For more detail check the Virtual Joystick section on this guide. The link is provided below. 
  2. Angular allows the user to move each joint of the robot, individually.  For more detail check the Virtual Joystick section on this guide. The link is provided below.
  3. Admittance allows the user to access admittance control(control by an external force). The link to Admittance Control is provided below.

  4. Actions allow the user to make the robot perform an already created routine*. 

  5. The Camera allows the user to view real-time videos that the robot captures through its vision module.

  6. Snapshot allows the user to record the current cartesian/angular/gripper position of the robot.

 

*end-effector: the device at the end of a robotic arm, designed to interact with the environment, in the case of Kinova it is the gripper.

*routine: a set of robot poses that the robot performs in a sequence.