nooner2014 / rovio_ros

The wowwee driver based on ROS (Robot Operation System)

The WowWee driver based on ROS (Robot Operation System)

The package of rovio_base

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encapsulated some of WowWee Rovio APIS as follow functions:

• ManualDrive()
• GetMCUReport()
• GetImage()

How to use the package of rovio_base

• Create a rovio_ws workspace for catkin

mkdir -p ~/rovio_ws/src
cd ~/rovio_ws/src
catkin_init_workspace
cd ~/rovio_ws/
catkin_make
source devel/setup.bash (To make sure the workspace is in your ROS environment variable)

• Copy the rovio_base package to ~/rovio_ws/src/
• Build the workspace

cd ~/rovio_ws/
catkin_make

• run the node of rovio_base, roslaunch the Server

roslaunch rovio_base rovioServer.launch

The package of rovio_test

The Rovio WowWee would head middle and head down, and you would view the images from camera 2 seconds.

How to use the package of rovio_test

• Copy the rovio_test package to ~/rovio_ws/src/
• Build the workspace

cd ~/rovio_ws/
catkin_make   (if you get the error tell you "rovio_base/manDrv.h: No file or directory", Please source ~/rovio_ws/setup.bash)

The package of obstacle_avoidence

The Rovio WowWee would avoid the obstacle and keep moving.

How to use the package of obstacle_avoidence

• Copy the obstacle_avoidence package to ~/rovio_ws/src/
• Build the workspace

cd ~/rovio_ws/
catkin_make   (if you get the error tell you "rovio_base/manDrv.h: No file or directory", Please source ~/rovio_ws/setup.bash)

The package of rovio_keyboard

The Rovio WowWee could be controlled by keyboard.

How to use the package of obstacle_avoidence

• Copy the rovio_keyboard package to ~/rovio_ws/src/
• Build the workspace

cd ~/rovio_ws/
catkin_make   (if you get the error tell you "rovio_base/manDrv.h: No file or directory", Please source ~/rovio_ws/setup.bash)

How to run the package of rovio_test, obstacle_avoidence, rovio_keyboard

• run the follow commands in three terminals respectively

roscore
roslaunch rovio_base rovioService.launch
rosrun rovio_test rovioTest
(rosrun obstacle_avoidence obstacleAvoidence)
(rosrun rovio_keyboard roviokeyboard)

References

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This work would be impossible without the excellent open source projects:

• Rovio WowWee API document
• The driver and based on ROS by yuanboshe
• The package of obstacle avoidence by yuanboshe

Contributor

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• 张子洋: [email protected]

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Cheers! :panda_face: