Fwd: ROS on Freerunner

2011-04-19 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
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 grea

Re: ROS on Freerunner

2011-04-19 Thread RANJAN
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,

Re: ROS on Freerunner

2011-04-19 Thread Jan Tuennermann
I think ROS would not be a benefit for the OpenMoko as a phone, it makes it very attractive for application in robotics or other controlling applications. The minimal processing power is a problem when compiling. Compiling the base system took a whole night and when ever I compile a new ROS p

Re: ROS on Freerunner

2011-04-19 Thread Neil Jerram
> Am 19.04.2011 um 09:46 schrieb Jan Tuennermann: > 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. Regard

Re: ROS on Freerunner

2011-04-19 Thread W. B. Kranendonk
--- On Tue, 4/19/11, Neil Jerram wrote: > > Am 19.04.2011 um 09:46 schrieb > Jan Tuennermann: > > > 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 > viewer: note that this is very sim

Re: ROS on Freerunner

2011-04-19 Thread Jiří Pinkava
Dne 19.4.2011 10:55, Jan Tuennermann napsal(a): I think ROS would not be a benefit for the OpenMoko as a phone, it makes it very attractive for application in robotics or other controlling applications. The minimal processing power is a problem when compiling. Compiling the base system took a