Easy advanced robotics setup
Directly from CAD
HARNESSING THE POWER OF ROBOTIC MOTION IN CAD
SwRI Workbench for Offline Robotics Development™ (SWORD™) is a CAD-based toolkit that can revolutionize the way you deploy advanced robotics for your business. SWORD allows manufacturing engineers to independently utilize complex robotics and simplifies motion planning for seasoned robotics developers.
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
WHAT IS SWORD?
SWORD is a user-friendly modular plugin workbench designed for open-source FreeCAD.
Users can easily model, plan, and execute motion using the Robotic Operating System (ROS) in a familiar design environment.
WHO USES SWORD?
You don't have to be a robotics expert to make the most of your manufacturing robots.
SWORD enables everyone to leverage the extensive capabilities of ROS, from pro roboticists to new robot end-users.
Manufacturing Engineers
Exercise motion planning tools without writing a single line of code.
ROS Developers
Simplify workflow and reduce development time using an interactive graphical interface.
CAPABILITIES
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ENVIRONMENT MODELING
Create or import CAD model of your robot including fixtures and end-of-arm-tooling. Manipulate and control your robot model using Joint Sliders, and simulate movement of the TCP with an intuitive Dragger that allows evaluation of various IK solvers.
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ROBOT MANIPULATION AND MOTION PLANNING
Generate motion plans using Tesseract-supported path planners, create custom planning pipelines for application-specific behavior, and predict and avoid movement collision.
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CUSTOM PLANNING PIPELINE
Define robot motion using either Cartesian or joint waypoints, specify different move segment types (joint/cartesian) and motion groups, and insert supplementary commands (I/O, delays, etc.)