Re: ROS on Freerunner

2011-04-22 Thread j...@rejon.org
great guys, please put your documentation of trying this onto the wiki. Jon On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:55 AM, Jan Tuennermann wrote: > 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. > >

Re: Re: ROS on Freerunner

2011-04-20 Thread Neil Jerram
On 20 April 2011 10:47, Neil Jerram wrote: > On 20 April 2011 10:12, Jan Tuennermann >> Did the GPRS connection prove reliable enough for this? > > In my experience, sadly no.  I've regularly seen problems at all > levels, including [...] I realized that that statement was overly negative. For

Re: Re: ROS on Freerunner

2011-04-20 Thread W. B. Kranendonk
--- On Wed, 20/4/11, Jan Tuennermann wrote: > useful for using the phone as a control unit on a robot, but > probably not  for it's original intention as a phone > ;) I guessed so :-) > I think the one could easily forward the port gpsd uses to > run tangogps on a remote PC. That's probably wh

Re: Re: ROS on Freerunner

2011-04-20 Thread Neil Jerram
On 20 April 2011 10:12, Jan Tuennermann wrote: > Hi Neil, hi Boudewijn, > > thanks for the suggestions. I understand that there are probably more > usefull ways to get GPS info out of the Moko. Right now I'm trying it in the > context of creating a complete ROS integration, so that all the phone's

Re: Re: ROS on Freerunner

2011-04-20 Thread Jan Tuennermann
Hi Neil, hi Boudewijn, thanks for the suggestions. I understand that there are probably more usefull ways to get GPS info out of the Moko. Right now I'm trying it in the context of creating a complete ROS integration, so that all the phone's sensors will publish their information as ROS messag

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

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 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 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 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,