brschettini / joy_controller

Publishing a custom ROS message using a joystick

This program is used to send a custom message using a joystick. For instance, this program only works for a XBox 360 controller. If you want to use another controller, please visit this page.

The launch file joy_cont.launch starts three ROS nodes, as you can see typing rqt_graph in your command line.

Note that the float64 node sends a std_msg::Float64 message to the topic pan_controller/command. This node has been made to control a Dynamixel Driver in Wheel mode just for learning purpose.

Getting Started

Before using this package, please visit the Joystick Configuring Tutorial so the joy node can be started without issues.

After, clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/brschettini/joy_controller

Source the setup.bash:

source your/catkin/workspace/devel/setup.bash

And finally start the launch:

roslaunch joy_controller joy_cont.launch

Authors

• Bruno Schettini - Initial Work - brschettini