turtlebot_arm: turtlebot_arm_bringup | turtlebot_arm_description | turtlebot_arm_interactive_markers | turtlebot_block_manipulation | turtlebot_kinect_arm_calibration

Stack Summary

The turtlebot_arm package provides bringup, description, and utilities for using the TurtleBot arm.

turtlebot arm

The TurtleBot arm is a low-cost arm that you can build and mount on the TurtleBot to give it some basic manipulation capabilities.

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Documentation

Hardware Tutorials

  1. Assembling the TurtleBot Arm Tutorial - Bill of materials and instructions on how to assemble the hardware for the TurtleBot arm.

Software Setup Tutorials

  1. Installation Instructions - Instructions for installing the turtlebot_arm stack and dependencies.

  2. Setting Up TurtleBot Arm Servos - Instructions for numbering the Dynamixel servos correctly.

Applications and Demo Tutorials

  1. Calibrating a Kinect to the TurtleBot arm - a tutorial explaining how to cailbrate the physical position of a kinect to the arm for more precise manipulation.

  2. Arm interactive markers - controlling the arm through rviz.

  3. Block Manipulation Demo - A tutorial for setting up a demo to move small blocks around a surface using the arm.

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Wiki: turtlebot_arm (last edited 2012-05-10 18:32:03 by TullyFoote)