local-client
A single webpage to control a ROS Robot locally. This will only work if the devices are on the same network.
Features
- Display map
- Teleop
- Save/Delete locations
- Retrieve saved locations
- Send robot to location
- Get tasks
- Link tasks to locations and send sequence to the robot
Save/Load mapLaunch files (roslaunch)
Prerequisites [IMPORTANT!!]
- Must have https://github.com/NP-Robotics/waypoint-web-system installed on ROS computer (robot)
cd catkin_ws/src
git clone https://github.com/NP-Robotics/waypoint-web-system
Step 1: Start rosbridge (on robot)
Open terminal and type in:
roslaunch rosbridge_server rosbridge_websocket.launch
Step 2: Open browser on other computer (on same network)
abudory.website
BAM webpage
Step 3: Connecting to rosbridge server
Open terminal and type in:
ifconfig
copy the inet addr usually 192.168.something.something
paste into url input (beside "connect to server" button) it should look something like this:
ws://192.168.something.something:9090
If the button turns green, congrats! You can start using the webpage.
If the button turns red, there was some error. You can check the error by opening the console
Other notes
The load map, save map and launch file sections are not usable as I have not uploaded the services needed for them to function.
This website is hosted on github but I have used a custom domain name because rosbridge runs on websocket(ws) and normally a website hosted on github runs on https. https is a secure connection and will only allow connections to a websocket secure(wss) connection.
The design for this webpage is only suited for a computer screen (or anything as big).
Please file an issue if you have a suggestion or find a bug. Thanks!