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Interfaces

This section documents the programmatic interfaces to a RobCo Robot — the ways to drive and observe a Robot from outside RobFlow: from a PLC on the plant floor, from ROS 2, or from your own software.

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Always refer to the user manual shipped with your RobCo Robot for general usage and safety guidelines.

What's in this section​

  • Profinet — the fieldbus interface: a Profinet IO-Device that publishes the Robot's state to a Siemens PLC and takes commands back, integrated through TIA Portal.
  • robco_ros2 — the ROS 2 integration: a ros2_control hardware interface, xacro macros for every RobCo module, and launch files to bring a controller up.
  • Streaming — the streaming interface: send motion commands straight from an external computer to the Robot's controller over UDP, and receive live state feedback.

robco_ros2 and Streaming are low-level and bypass much of what RobFlow does for you. Read the safety notes on each section's landing page before you use them.