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Даниил Грабарь 79d88db930 Add documentation for KUKA Sunrise features and programs
- Created a new document for the Station interface, detailing its menu structure, process data, safety functions, frames, and smartPAD function buttons.
- Added a document for RobotPowerControl, explaining its purpose for safely shutting down or restarting the KUKA Sunrise Cabinet controller.
- Introduced ServerFriRos2 documentation, outlining its role in establishing an FRI connection between the KUKA LBR iiwa and a ROS 2 computer.
- Documented the TeachKuka application, which allows manual teaching of the KUKA LBR iiwa, including position capturing and trajectory recording.
- Added an overview of Sunrise Workbench, including installation instructions for Windows and Linux.
- Created a section on installing a Windows compatibility tool (PortProton) on Linux.
- Documented the installation process for SunriseWorkbench on Linux using PortProton.
- Added installation instructions for SunriseWorkbench on Windows.
- Created troubleshooting documentation for configuration errors and SSL errors during installation.
- Implemented a hook to generate the shared PDF only during the default-language build.
2026-08-13 18:01:59 +03:00

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# Overview

Lightweight Cobot (LWC) is an open system for controlling the KUKA LBR IIWA 7 R800 collaborative robot based on ROS 2 Jazzy. It supports both a physical robot through the FRI protocol and a virtual Webots simulation. The project includes the cobot CLI, a ROS 2 Control hardware interface, MoveIt 2 motion planning, and REST/MCP APIs for AI-agent integration.

Repositories

Platform Link Status
GitVerse (preferred) daniel-robotics/lightweight-cobot primary
GitHub Daniel-Robotic/lightweight-cobot mirror

Online documentation

Requirements

  • A physical KUKA LBR IIWA 7 R800 for real-robot operation, or
  • Webots if you only want to use simulation;
  • A PC or server running Ubuntu 24.04, or SSH access to an existing server;
  • Network access to the robot controller.
  1. Sunrise Workbench setup — prepare the KUKA controller. (Physical robot only.)
  2. Connect to the server — choose local or remote deployment and connect over SSH.
  3. Install the project — install LWC using curl, git, or manually, then run cobot setup.
  4. Configure the system — set the robot IP, ports, and tools in cobot-setting.yaml.
  5. cobot CLI — review commands for running, building, and updating the project.

!!! tip "Simulation only?" If a physical robot is unavailable, skip step 1 and start with the project installation. Launch the simulator with cobot run --simulate.

!!! info "cobot setup automates steps 34" After installing the project, run cobot setup. The wizard will configure the documentation, robot parameters, and the ROS 2 or Docker build environment.