Only released in EOL distros:  

robchair_robot: robchair_bringup | robchair_description | robchair_driver | robchair_teleop

Package Summary

Hardware driver for the RobChair robot, the smart wheelchair from the ISR UC.

ROS API

robchair_node

robchair_node is the hardware driver for the robchair robot. It subscribes to velocity commands and publishes the robot's odometry.

Subscribed Topics

cmd_vel (geometry_msgs/Twist)
  • Velocity commands to the robot.

Published Topics

odom (nav_msgs/Odometry)
  • Odometry readings from the robot.

Parameters

kp (double, default: 0)
  • Kp gain for the motor drives. If set to 0 default values are used.
ki (double, default: 0)
  • Ki gain for the motor drives. If set to 0 default values are used.

Tutorials

All the robchair tutorials can be found on the robchair_robot wiki page.

Wiki: robchair_driver (last edited 2012-07-25 10:00:31 by Gonçalo Cabrita)