My R2 using WillowGarage's ROS Robot Operating System

I've written some software to interface my droid to WillowGarage's ROS Robot Operating System (www.ros.org). So far, this allows me to read the droid's internal state and visualize it using ROS. The next step will be to integrate my face tracking hack into that system.

I've published my code on SourceForge (https://sourceforge.net/projects/astromech-ros/) and written a tutorial on how to use this on your own droid at astromech.net (http://astromech.net/droidwiki/index.php?title=Robot_Automation_Using_ROS).

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[ParkerGibbons]

How are you using ROS on windows? I had to change my developer computer to Ubuntu to install it and i still can't figure it out.

[therealbjoerngiesler]

@ParkerGibbons I'm not using Windows. It's an Arch Linux installation.

[therealbjoerngiesler]

Yup... took me a while though.

[MAD2be1]

Is there a way to make it work for windows? Is it wireless command transmission?

[viperarc]

Nice, I love your droid, and congrats on your work. It's amazing. Are you going to incorporate the Kinec on your droid?

[shebotnov]

Did you figure that out only reading official ROS tutorials? I took a look and found it not so easy to get into. I am a beginner though and only using arduino right now.