HexaStudio is the next-generation control environment for the HexaKinetica ecosystem. It succeeds the legacy RDT (Robot Development Toolkit).
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This repository contains the HMI and VRC components. It is designed to work with both the virtual controller (included) and the real-time hardware controller (HexaMotion, hosted separately).
The repository is organized as a monorepo containing:
The "Cockpit" for the operator. A modern, high-performance GUI built with Qt 6.
- Easy Programming: Trajectory editor for robot logic.
- 3D Digital Twin: Real-time visualization using Qt3D.
- Stateless Design: Acts as a thin client; logic resides in the controller (Virtual or Real).
A lightweight standalone emulator of the robot controller logic.
- Physics Simulation: Simulates kinematics and interpolation loops (50Hz).
- Hardware Abstraction: Implements the RDT protocol stack for development without physical hardware.
- Safe Playground: Allows testing programs without the real robot.
Common protocol definitions (RDT Protocol) ensuring binary compatibility between:
- HexaStudio (This Repo)
- HexaVRC (This Repo)
- RDT-Next (External Hardware Repo)
- CMake 3.16+
- Qt 6.10 (Widgets, 3D modules)
- C++20 compliant compiler (MSVC 2019+, GCC 10+, Clang 10+)
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build .- More robotics content on our YouTube channel
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