Hi Michael, On Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 8:19:55 PM UTC+2, Michael Caughey wrote: > > I have Ubuntu Xenial and ROS Kinetic loaded on my BeagleBone Blue. > I have the WiFi Access Point configured on the Blue. > I also have the GPS, battery and BBB installed in my "Wifi Robot Car > Chassis UniHobby 4WD Robot Car Kit" and I'm ready to move about the world. > > I'm working through some of the examples in the O'Reilly book on ROS. It > seems to only want to work with the emulator. That's all good and dandy > but I want to explore the real world. Actually, once I have a controller > that subscribe to the cmd_vel and translate to my motors, the rest of the > book is very useful. >
I have done some work for connecting to ROS for controlling motors from Machinekit ( https://youtu.be/IljDRPuKq_E and https://youtu.be/6Mzok9r9k88 ), subscribing to (a) ROS node(s). I'm not familiair (yet) with the Beaglebone Blue (I have one still in the box due to time constraints). Machinekit can do real time motion control and runs already on the Beaglebone (Black, Green). So when somebody can get Machinekit running on the Beaglebone Blue, and motors can be controlled with Machinekit, it's a small thing to listen to a ROS node, and/or publish values from Machinekit to a ROS node. Hope this helps, Bas > > I have two choices I can build my own or find one. Before I build one, I > have learned its always worth the look, then ask. So I'm here to ask, > before I write one. > > I found ones that control custom controllers, joints, most manage 2 wheels. > > I have four motors. I feel like there should already be something for the > Blue. > > Thanks in advance. > -Michael > > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/4a6ed1b5-3987-44ee-803c-eb640c1f3e0f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
