rovio: rovio_av | rovio_ctrl | rovio_shared
Stack Summary
The rovio stack contains packages to control and query a WowWee Rovio.
- Author: Maintained by Russell Toris
- License: BSD
- Repository: wpi-rail-ros-pkg
- Source: git https://github.com/WPI-RAIL/wpi-rail-ros-pkg
Documentation
The rovio stack contains ROS packages and nodes that can be used to communicate with a WowWee Rovio. Video streaming is made possible by utilizing the gscam package from the brown-ros-pkg repository. Joystick teleoperation is provided in the rovio_ctrl package from the 'rovio_teleop' node. Additionally, included in the rovio_av package is a selection of .wav files that have been converted to 8000 Hz 16 bit PCM (the native format for the Rovio). These files are conversions from Willow Garage's Robot Sound Libraries. |
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Installation
To install the rovio stack, simply run the following commands in your shell:
1 cd /path/to/your/ros/stacks
2 git clone git://github.com/WPI-RAIL/wpi-rail-ros-pkg.git
3 cd wpi-rail-ros-pkg/rovio
4 rosdep install rovio
5 rosmake rovio
Startup
Each control package contains a .launch file which should be edited with the appropriate ROS parameters (e.g. hostname, username and password to login to your Rovio). These launch files launch the necessary nodes for reading sensor information and control of the Rovio. Additional information on each launch file is given in their respective package wiki pages.
Support
Please feel free to contact me at any point with questions, comments, and bug reports.