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Finally, Python bindings for the Panda. These will increase your productivity by 1000%, guaranteed1!

To get started, check out thetutorial paper, Jupyternotebooks and other examples you can run directly on your robot. For more details on the API, please refer to thedocumentation.

• dm_robotics_panda Panda model and tools for reinforcement learning indm_robotics

pip install panda-python

This will install panda-py and all its requirements. The pip version ships with libfranka 0.9.2, the newest version for the Franka Emika Robot. Please refer to the section below if you use an older system version or the more recent Franka Research 3 robot.

There are currently two robot models available from Franka Emika: the Franka Emika Robot (FER, formerly known as Panda) and the Franka Research 3 (FR3). Depending on the installed firmware, the FER supports version <0.10 while the FR3 requires version >=0.10. For details, refer tothis compatibility matrix. If you need a libfranka version different from the default 0.9.2, download the respective zip archive from therelease page. Extract the archive and install the wheel for your Python version with pip, e.g., run

pip install panda_python-*libfranka.0.7.1-cp310*.whl

to install the binary wheel for libfranka 0.7.1 and Python 3.10.

If you use panda-py in published research, please consider citing theoriginal software paper.

@article{elsner2023taming,title = {Taming the Panda with Python: A powerful duo for seamless robotics programming and integration},journal = {SoftwareX},volume = {24},pages = {101532},year = {2023},issn = {2352-7110},doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2023.101532},url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711023002285},author = {Jean Elsner}}