This wasn't an easy decision to make, there is some extremely cool stuff we've temporarily kept to ourselves, but it will allow us to ensure that this base layer is robust so that any extensions to the framework are built on first-rate infrastructure. The list of features that are underway in the framework is vast but for this first public beta we have decided to release just the core feature-set.

Vendor-agnostic - we have abstracted the instructions machines are capable of executing and designed a new linguistics engine which will allow us to extend the number of compatible machines quickly and easily.Independent of a host software - we will be releasing plugins for a number of CAD packages and, eventually, an API for all the software developers out there.Lightweight and cross-platform - it will run on Windows, macOS and Linux, including embedded systems.Over the last couple of years we have written, several times over, a completely new framework for robot programming, simulation, control and monitoring which is: User interface adapting to the level of control you require.Cloud-based licenses to share between you own computers or your whole organisation.

Lightweight installer which allows you to add, remove and update extensions to the framework with ease.

Program translation to ABB RAPID, KUKA KRL or Universal Robots URScript.

Online preset catalogs accessible from within Grasshopper, of robots, tools and controllers ready to drop in to your scripts.

Motions specified in Cartesian or joint spaces.

Trajectory diagnosis including detection of out-of reach and singular positions.

This means that from right now you will be able to test and break work-in-progress versions of: Ready for testing and available to download today are the 1.0-beta versions of the Core feature-set and the Grasshopper client application. It has been a long two years in the making but we are proud to be finally taking the first public step towards the 1.0 release of the HAL Robotics Framework. Today is a very exciting day for all of us here at HAL Robotics.

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