<ul><li>The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has released a CAD-based toolkit called SwRI Workbench for Offline Robotics Development (SWORD) to simplify programming robots.</li><li>SWORD embeds computer-aided design (CAD) into robotics motion planning, modeling, and execution, with a graphical interface to simplify coding required in robot operating system (ROS) application development.</li><li>It allows manufacturing engineers to leverage CAD knowledge to unlock more complex capabilities within the ROS codebase.</li><li>SWORD features a graphical toolkit for setting up motion planning environments and collision geometries, adapting ROS for manufacturing and industrial audiences.</li></ul>

SwRI releases CAD-based toolkit for robotics development

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