Configure a fake Gripper
You can use a fake
gripper to test implementing a gripper on your robot without any physical hardware.
Configure a fake
gripper as follows:
Navigate to the Config tab of your robot’s page in the Viam app.
Click on the Components subtab and navigate to the Create component menu.
Enter a name for your gripper, select the type gripper
, and select the fake
model.
Click Create component:
{
"name": "<your-fake-gripper-name>",
"type": "gripper",
"model": "fake",
"attributes": {}
}
No attributes are available for fake grippers. See GitHub for API call return specifications.
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