Overview

A unified simulation and control framework for unconventional modular robotic systems.

The work focused on enabling flexible manipulator configurations through dynamic model generation and hardware integration.


System Capabilities

  • Custom URDF generation pipeline
  • Modular kinematic chain construction
  • Real-time control framework
  • MoveIt integration for arbitrary manipulator configurations
  • Deployment on physical hardware (custom manipulator + UR10)

Engineering Focus

  • Abstraction of kinematic configuration
  • Reusable robot modeling infrastructure
  • Hardware-software alignment
  • Clean interface between planning and execution layers

Outcome

A scalable architecture for modular robotics research and rapid manipulator prototyping.

Design & Deployment