Franka Robots

Robot control with Simulink is easy. This product is for researchers using Simulink for robotics applications and looking for a quick, intuitive, and robust way to evaluate their algorithms on the real robot. The Franka library for Simulink provides all of the necessary control options and signals from the robot to get started quickly without worrying about any deployment issues. A rich toolchain of MATLAB scripts and a set of UI elements in Simulink are provided so that the user can incorporate any Simulink models quickly, deploy them, and execute them with the click of a button. Instrumentation is possible through external mode. An extensive list of advanced Simulink demos is also provided, covering most of the possibilities for controlling the Franka robot.

The Franka interface to Simulink is a blockset, implemented as a set of Level-2 C/C++ S-functions that fully use the libfranka C++ library and provide low-level control of Franka research robots. Essentially, the whole toolchain is building a standalone executable for Linux^® (GRT or ERT tested), with the option for external mode for controlling the robot.

About Franka Robotics

Founded in 2016, Franka is a robotics platform company. Our products are designed and developed in Munich and manufactured in Bavaria. Our robots are ubiquitous in research and beyond, due to their unique control interface, human-like sense of touch technology, and large community of robotics researchers. Integrated in the Agile Robots family in 2023, together we are set to foster innovation across the research and industrial automation sectors.