iRobotEducation/create3_docs

Exposing Open Interface Commands over UART

postmaster87 opened this issue · 2 comments

postmaster87 commented

Hello,

Are there any plans to expose the OI in a similar fashion to the Create 2. We've noticed the ability is there over BLE but not WiFi or the USB port connection. We have an entire embedded systems course that leverages the UART and open interface of the Create 2. The lab has 16 robots so having BLE connections from each PC is not feasible or reliable.

Thanks,
Matt

shamlian commented

Never say never, but it's not on the short term roadmap. Over a wire, Create 3 is controlled using ROS 2.

ParadoxRobotics commented

@shamlian I think it's a good idea; because serial communication is hardware agnostic like the previous create2 :

  • Compatibility with SBC / microntroller / PC
  • No need for tedious ros2 installation on new hardware (eg rpi5)
  • Simplicity for most testing and prototyping on the bot