Kinesthetic Teaching

A demonstration method where a human physically guides the robot through desired motions while the robot's joints are backdrivable or under gravity compensation. The joint positions are recorded as a demonstration trajectory. Kinesthetic teaching is intuitive and requires no programming skill, making it the primary demonstration method for collaborative robots (Universal Robots, Franka Emika).

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