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ARTE is a Matlab toolbox focussed on robotic manipulators, both serial and parallel mechanisms are included.

The main features of ARTE are:

Simulate any industrial robot within a Matlab environment.
Represent a visualize the Denavit-Hartenberg's system on the robot.
3D graphics of a great number of industrial robots are available.
You can plot and observe the position, velocity and acceleration of the joint coordinates of the robot when a movement is performed.
Also, the torques and forces at each joint can be plotted.
A GUI teaching pendant is available to move and program the robots.
The robots can be programmed and simulated ABB RAPID language. A step by step simulation of the programs can be carried out within the Matlab's editor and debugger.
A Matlab to RAPID interpreter is included that allows to program the real robot using your Matlab code.
New robot models can be easily included.
Practical exercises are provided.

Created by Arturo Gil: arturo.gil@umh.es. Miguel Hernández University, Spain.

ARTE is distributed under LGPL license.

More information in: http://arvc.umh.es/arte

INSTALL copy the directory containing all the .m files to a directory named arte3.3.X. To initialize the library, inside Matlab you should be placed in the directory where the library is installed:

#!matlab

>> pwd
ans =
/Users/arturo/Desktop/arte3.2.X

Next, in the Matlab command prompt type:

#!matlab

>> init_lib

To view all functions and demos type:

#!matlab

>>help Contents

If you want to have a fast view of the main capabilities of the library, type:

#!matlab

>> demos

YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLClKgnzRFYe72qDYmj5CRpR9ICNnQehup

ITUNES CHANNEL https://itunes.apple.com/es/itunes-u/robotica-umh1770-curso-2013/id681094508?mt=10

PRACTICAL EXERCISES WITH THE LIBRARY http://arvc.umh.es/arte/index_en.html#practicals

LIST OF ROBOTS SUPPORTED BY THE LIBRARY http://arvc.umh.es/arte/supported_robots.htmle/supported_robots.html}

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