Only released in EOL distros:
Package Summary
The Corobot package will help you get started with your Corobot. There is everything necessary to control the robot, view the camera...
- Maintainer: Morgan Cormier <mcormier AT coroware DOT com>
- Author:
- License: BSD
- Source: git https://github.com/morgancormier/corobot.git (branch: master)
Package Summary
The Corobot package will help you get started with your Corobot. There is everything necessary to control the robot, view the camera...
- Maintainer: Morgan Cormier <mcormier AT coroware DOT com>
- Author:
- License: BSD
- Source: git https://github.com/morgancormier/corobot.git (branch: master)
Documentation
To follow the naming standard, the Corobot stack has been renamed corobot for the catkinized groovy version. You will find the documentation for Electric and Fuerte at http://wiki.ros.org/Corobot
Installation
This section will go through everything you need to install to compile and run this stack.
However you have the possibility to download our custom Ubuntu image at Ubuntu image. This image already has ROS groovy and everything necessary installed. After the installation of the image just type the following command in a terminal to download the latest version of the code and compile it.
./Desktop/EXECUTE_ON_FIRST_TIME.sh
Dependencies
Install general dependencies
sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake python-dev swig libopencv-dev libstatgrab-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libgnomecanvas2-dev libusb-dev libqt4-dev qt4-dev-tools subversion libgps-dev gpsd libsdl1.2-dev gpsd-clients libtheora0 libtheora-dev libogg-dev git libboost-all-dev v4l-conf uvcdynctrl git ros-groovy-desktop-full ros-groovy-openni-camera ros-groovy-laser-drivers ros-groovy-joystick-drivers ros-groovy-qt-gui
sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake python-dev swig libopencv-dev libstatgrab-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libgnomecanvas2-dev libusb-dev libqt4-dev qt4-dev-tools subversion libgps-dev gpsd libsdl1.2-dev gpsd-clients libtheora0 libtheora-dev libogg-dev git libboost-all-dev v4l-conf uvcdynctrl git ros-hydro-desktop-full ros-hydro-openni-camera ros-hydro-laser-drivers ros-hydro-joystick-drivers ros-hydro-qt-gui
Install the Phidget Library
cd ~ wget http://www.phidgets.com/downloads/libraries/libphidget.tar.gz tar -xvzf libphidget.tar.gz cd libphidget-2.1.8.20120912/ ./configure make sudo make install sudo cp udev/* /etc/udev/rules.d/ ldconfig
Install the Phidget Python library
cd ~ wget http://www.phidgets.com/downloads/libraries/PhidgetsPython.zip unzip PhidgetsPython.zip cd PhidgetsPython sudo python setup.py install
Stack Installation
Create a new catkin folder in your home directory:
cd ~ mkdir corobot_packages cd corobot_packages mkdir src cd src catkin_init_workspace
Now download the code from GitHub and compile
git clone https://github.com/morgancormier/corobot.git corobot cd .. catkin_make
Lastly, don't forget to open your ~/.bashrc file and add at the end
source ~/corobot_packages/devel/setup.bash
Report a Bug
To report an issue or request a feature, go to report bugs.
