Saving States

To save a state you must first be connected to the warehouse. After launching the hand, click the green Connect button in the ‘Context’ tab of rviz.

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If you have connected successfully you should see two new buttons, Reset database and Disconnect, as can be seen in the following picture:

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Next, go to the ‘Stored States’ tab in ‘Motion Planning’. Here you have full control over the saved states in the warehouse. You can then follow these steps:

move the hand to the grasp position
Go to the ‘Planning’ tab and in the ‘Select Goal State’ select ‘current’ and click update.

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Finally, go to the ‘Stored States’ tab and click the button Save Goal under the ‘Current State’ group. A prompt will appear to ask you to name the state. Once named, you can plan to and from this state.