Sensors
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Sensors


Article summary

1. Overview

This controller allows reading most of the Robot's sensors.

UR Robots have two types of sensors, according to the kind of data they output:

  • Continuous sensors: Read variable is a continuous decimal value.
  • Boolean sensors: Read variable is a binary state.

2. Using the Controller

Creating the controller in your app:

from raya.application_base import RayaApplicationBase

class RayaApplication(RayaApplicationBase):
    async def setup(self):
        ...
        self.sensors = await self.enable_controller('sensors')
        ...

The controller class includes a set of methods to synchronously access the sensors:

It also includes the following methods to create listeners that trigger when different events are detected:

Each method page includes standalone examples of how to use them.

5. Full examples

The following full examples use this controller:


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