AL5D inverse kinematics no constant gripper height

Hi,

Currently we officially only have these two examples in Python, which one of them includes a (very) basic 2D IK example. That being said, there are many 3D options already available, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to use an existing library (ex: something like this) and use the example code as a starting point on how to send positions to the various joint of the AL5D.

We are planning to release something in the near future as this question keeps coming up regularly more and more. Just “watch” the GitHub repository to see updates.

Sincerely,

Note: You can skip much of the complexity of full 3D IK by simply figuring out the base angle required to reach your target position (straight line from base to position) and then using the 2D IK example to figure out joint positions. This should be more than enough to achieve proper positioning. This is possible since the arm itself is entirely on a 2D plane (ignoring the base rotation).