Will be really an awesome and exciting idea..But having to port it properly and use the minimal processing power on FR and to decide whether one should design a minimal linux specifically to support ROS etc would be some key points to begin with..
Sincerely Ranjan On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <[email protected] > wrote: > I think this can also be of interest to the Openmoko community. > > > Am 19.04.2011 um 09:46 schrieb Jan Tuennermann: > > Ron, > > thanks for forwarding. ROS (Robot Operating System) is a kind of meta > operating system. It does not really handle OS functions, also it is not > real time. It's a great concept that boosts development in the robotic area. > It is based on a publisher / subscriber paradigm; you implement your > software as node which will publish and receive messages. For example, if > you wrap a face detection algorithm or something in a ROS-node, it would > subscribe to image messages and probably publish a custom message with > coordinates of a face, or maybe another image with the face marked. This > node can now receive images from any node that publishes images. For > example, a webcam-node. Or a node that loads test-data from hard drive or > maybe from a 3D-Simulator. Also, there are a lot of components that already > come with ROS. So if we wanted to display the image with the face marked in > it, we would just need to make an image_view node (comes with ROS) to > subscribe our images. More complex components can display 3D point-clouds > (for example from a laser range finder), etc. ROS nodes register with a > master and they don't need to be on the same machine, as they can > communicate over network. > > Right now I'm trying to get a gpsd_client node to run on the OpenMoko. On a > remote PC a gpsd_viewer node will run, subscribing gpsFix messages which it > will use to display the Moko's location in a map from the OpenStreetMap > project. I'm planning to connect the Moko to a micro- controler which then > controls a RC-car. I tested this before, so I'm optimistic that I will get > it working. When it works I might add a X-Box kinnect, which is already > supported by ROS to capture 2D and 3D visual information to enable the > RC-car for autonomous driving. > > best regards, > Jan > > > > > > Am 19.04.2011 01:14, schrieb Ron K. Jeffries: > > sending this item along seen on the ROS list. > > Not sure if OpenMoko folks have already seen it. > > A future board similar to SIE nee SAKC would > benefit from a real time OS. This one [ROS] > appears to be open and free and widely supported. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jan Tuennermann <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:28:02 +0200 > Subject: [ros-users] ROS running on Neo Freerunner > Hi everyone, > > I spent some time on the weekend to get ROS diamondback running on the > OpenMoko smart phone Neo Freerunner. With it's WiFi, GPS, Accelerometers > and Linux capabilities it might be an alternative for robot projects where a > netbook is to large or to heavy. > > I put an installation guide here: http://www.ros.org/wiki/freerunner > > I was not really sure where to put it, as it is not really a tutorial and > also no stack description. So if the place is inappropriate, it would be > nice if someone could move it. > > Jan > > --- > Ron K. Jeffries > http://ronkjeffries.pen.io > > > > > > > -- > M.Sc. Jan T U E N N E R M A N N _________________________________ > > University of Paderborn > > Faculty of Computer Science > Electrical Engineering and Mathematics > GET Lab > > phone: +49/ (0)5251/ 60 - 2219 Pohlweg 47-49 > fax: +49/ (0)5251/ 60 - 3238 D-33098 Paderborn > > Faculty of Cultural Sciences > Department of Psychology > PsyLab > > phone: +49/ (0)5251/ 60 - 2907 Warburger Straße 100 > fax: +49/ (0)5251/ 60 - 3528 D-33098 Paderborn > > email: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > >
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