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Moveit Tutorial

Description: In this tutorial we will explain about our moveit package, and how to work with it.

Keywords: ric_moveit,komodo moveit

Tutorial Level: INTERMEDIATE

Getting started

First of all you need to install the moveit itself, installing moveit is easy just open a new terminal and type the following command

$ sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-moveit-full

Launching komodo moveit

NOTE: Right now there only two komodo model which support moveit functionality

  • Komodo with arm.
  • Komodo with elevator and arm.

Komodo with arm

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Launch

To launch the gazebo model of Komodo with arm open a new terminal and type

$ roslaunch komodo_2_moveit_config komodo_gazebo_moveit.launch

Topics that good to know

Topic

Type

Message type

/base_rotation_controller/command

subscriber: rotate the arm

Float64

/diff_driver/command

subscriber: drive the robot

Twist

/elbow1_controller/command

subscriber: move the first elbow left and right

Float64

/elbow2_controller/command

subscriber: move the second elbow up and down

Float64

/shoulder_controller/command

subscriber: move the shoulder up and down

Float64

/wrist_controller/command

subscriber: rotate the wrist left and right

Float64

/left_finger_controller/command

subscriber: move the left finger, left or right

Float64

/scan

publisher: laser scan

LaserScan

/arm_camera/image_raw/theora

publisher: arm camera image

CompressedImage

/Front_Camera/image_raw/theora

publisher: front camera

CompressedImage

/diff_driver/odometry

publisher: robot odometry

Odometry

Demo video