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This allows more people to work offline, while reducing the load on the real robot. It\u2019s great for Researchers and Students who want to write and test application in a virtual environment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Motion Interface<\/strong> &#8211; This mode allows the user to specify high-level (Joint or Cartesian space) waypoints. Sawyer\u2019s own onboard motion controller will then generate smooth trajectories that will interpolate motion between these waypoints. This development lowers the barriers for motion planning for programmers without a full robotics background.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Impedance and Force control mode interfaces<\/strong> &#8211; Users can more quickly take advantage of our built-in torque sensors on each joint \u2013 a unique differentiator &#8212; to use force and impedance control with the robot. Impedance control allows you to directly control the Cartesian stiffness of the endpoint. Force control enables the robot to exert forces and moments in the six Cartesian dimensions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This release is expected in March 2018.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Active End of Arm Tools<\/strong> \u2013 To support you and the Sawyer, Active Robots have a family of gripper kits. Now, you can choose any of our 4 grippers (Foam, Vacuum, Compliant and Parallel). This quickly expands the types of parts and materials you can pick up\/move with minimal effort.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/active8robots.com\/shop\/\">Click here for more information.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rethink Robotics to release a powerful new version of the Sawyer SDK Gazebo Simulator &#8211; Allows you to simulate controlling Sawyer in a virtual environment before running the actual robot.\u00a0 Imagine a classroom full of 25 students developing robotics applications. 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