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PULSAR HRI's ECOSYSTEM

The PULSAR HRI Developer Hub brings together the whole ecosystem of hardware, software, control, and simulation information enabling Developers to build highly dynamic robotics systems for human-robot interaction.

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Choose your path

I want to…	Start here
Move one physical actuator without code	Pulsar App · direct USB
Control one physical actuator with Python	Pulsar Python SDK · direct USB
Control several physical actuators with Python	Pulsar Python SDK · CAN FD
Develop with a virtual actuator	Pulsar Python SDK · virtual actuators
Design a robotic platform	Hardware and AUGUR Digital Twin

Ecosystem Map

Actuators and Logic

• Hardware (Real)

  Mount and power an actuator, understand its interfaces, and connect by USB or CAN FD.

  Explore hardware

• AUGUR Digital Twin (Virtual)

  Run validated virtual actuator models and couple them to external robot simulators.

  Explore AUGUR Digital Twin

• Firmware

  Learn how the Pulsar App checks for firmware releases and access the current update portal.

  Explore firmware

• Control

  The physical firmware and AUGUR Digital Twin models run the same low-level control algorithms at 20 kHz.

  Explore Control

Software Interfaces

• Pulsar App

  Use the browser or desktop GUI to configure, command, and inspect one physical actuator.

  Open the Pulsar App documentation

• Pulsar Python SDK

  Build Python applications for physical and virtual actuators, from one device to multi-domain robot platforms.

  Explore Pulsar Python SDK

• Pulsar Rust SDK

  Build actuator applications with the Pulsar Rust SDK.

  Explore Pulsar Rust SDK

Compatibility at a glance

• Physical SDK firmware requirement: 2.0.4 or newer.
• Supported hosts: Linux x86_64, Linux ARM64, and Windows x86_64.
• Supported Python versions: 3.10–3.13.
• macOS is not currently supported.
• The Pulsar App controls one physical actuator at a time.

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