Fetch & Freight Manual

Note

Product Discontinuation Notice: The Fetch and Freight Research Edition robots are no longer supported or sold by Zebra Technologies as of 2024. This documentation is preserved for existing users and historical reference.

This manual can also be downloaded as a PDF.

• Introduction
  • Before you Start
• Safety
  • Safety Overview
  • Design Features
  • General Usage Guidelines
  • Warning Labels
• Getting Started
  • What’s In Box
  • Running Fetch and Freight
• Robot Hardware Overview
  • Mechanism Terminology
  • Mechanical Overview
  • Electrical Overview
  • Motion Control
  • Sensor Overview
• Computer Overview and Configuration
  • Default User Account
  • Creating User Accounts
  • Networking
  • Clock Synchronization
  • Upstart Services
  • Log Files
  • Speakers and Audio
• Care And Feeding
  • Charging
  • Batteries
  • Updating Your Robot
  • Re-Setting up apt Sources
  • Cleaning Your Robot
  • Troubleshooting
• ROS Noetic + Ubuntu 20.04
  • Known issues
  • Upgrading Your Robot to ROS Noetic + Ubuntu 20.04
  • Post-install Validation
  • Compatibility of Other Computers Used with the Robot
  • Not Supported: Upgrading from 14.04 to 20.04 (via 16.04)
  • Appendices

Tutorials

• Tutorial: Visualization
  • Visualizing with RVIZ
  • Using the Runtime Monitor
• Tutorial: Gazebo Simulation
  • Installation
  • Starting the Simulator
  • Simulating a Freight
  • Visualizing with RVIZ
  • Running the Mobile Manipulation Demo
  • Launch it on ROSDS
  • Simulation vs. Real Robots
• Tutorial: Robot Teleop
  • Using the Robot Joystick
  • Moving the Base with your Keyboard
  • Software Runstop
  • Re-pairing Robot Joystick that Won’t Connect
  • Using Deadzone Parameter to Correct Drift
• Tutorial: Navigation
  • Running Navigation in Gazebo Simulation
  • Running Navigation on a Real Robot
  • Building A Map
  • Sending Waypoints
• Tutorial: Manipulation
  • Getting Started Demo
  • Running the Pick and Place Demo
  • Running MoveIt on a Robot
  • Simple MoveIt Disco Example
  • Simple MoveIt Wave Example
  • More information and Tutorials on MoveIt
• Tutorial: Perception
  • Head Camera Topics
  • Running the Pick and Place Demo
• Tutorial: Auto Docking
  • Running the Docking Node
  • Manually Running the Auto Docking Nodes
  • Auto Docking Programmatically
• Tutorial: Calibrating Fetch
  • Understanding Calibration
  • Calibrate Robot Tool
  • Running Calibration
  • Calibrating Fetch Torso
• Tutorial: Fetch Programming by Demonstration
  • System Requirements
  • Installing from Source
  • Running
  • Using the GUI
  • Code Interface
  • System Overview

Other

• API Overview
  • Arm and Torso
  • Base Interface
  • Head Interface
  • Gripper Interface
  • Head Camera Interface
  • Laser Interface
  • IMU Interface
  • Resetting Breakers
• Release Notes
  • August 25, 2021
  • September 10, 2019
  • August 9, 2019
  • April 4, 2019
  • December 18, 2017
  • November 29, 2016
  • May 28, 2016
  • January 21, 2016
  • November 23, 2015
  • November 12, 2015
  • August 5, 2015
  • July 9, 2015
  • June 8, 2015
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • How can I cite Fetch or Freight in an Academic Paper?
  • How do I create a good support ticket?
  • Why won’t my robot do anything at all (charge, move, etc…)?
  • Why won’t my robot turn on when I push the power button?
  • Why won’t my robot move when I use my PS3/PS4 joystick?
  • The robot will not move and/or slows down near obstacles, why?
  • I just sent a trajectory command to the arm and now it won’t gravity compensate, help?
• Issues and Support
  • When you encounter an issue
  • Reporting software bugs
  • Contacting Fetch Support

Legal

• Notices
  • FCC Notice
  • Copyright Notices for Open Source Software
  • Trademarks
• License

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page