Gamepad Teleop Foxglove Extension

Extension allows you to control robot via any supported gamepad by Gamepad API. It also visualises sent commands with direction arrow and speed value

Connection

Connect your controller to PC via Bluetooth or USB
Open Foxglove Studio and add Gamepad Teleop panel from list

Configuration

Topic - ROS topic to publish geometry_msgs/Twist messages
Controller X - index of your controller X axes
Controller Y - index of your controller Y axes
Linear min - min value for linear.x in m/s
Linear max - max value for linear.x in m/s
Angular min - min value for angular.z in rad/s
Angular max - min value for angular.z in rad/s

You can find your controller axes indexes and test it via Gamepad Tester

Develop

Make sure you have Node.js 14 or newer installed and the yarn package manager (npm install -g yarn). To install all packages for this extension run:

yarn install

To build and install the extension into your local Foxglove Studio desktop app, run:

yarn local-install

Open the Foxglove Studio desktop (or ctrl-R to refresh if it is already open). Your extension is installed and available within the app.

Package

Extensions are packaged into .foxe files. These files contain the metadata (package.json) and the build code for the extension.

Before packaging, make sure to set name, publisher, version, and description fields in package.json. When ready to distribute the extension, run:

yarn package

This command will package the extension into a .foxe file in the local directory.

Publish

You can publish the extension for the public marketplace or privately for your organization.