Rover Software

ROS Package: Melodic

Package name: rover

To clone this package:

Create a folder (name doesn't matter)
Create a src folder inside
git clone this repository into this src folder
cd ../..
catkin_make

To run this package:

Compile the package by running this command in the project folder (the folder you created): catkin_make
Run each nodes by typing in this command: rosrun rover {name of the node}

To SSH into the Nvidia Jetson

Connect to the router wi-fi: (possibly rsx_rover_router, password: rsx123rsx123)
Use the following command: command: ssh rsx@192.168.1.50 (Jetson ip address) password: rsx123

If you're not able to SSH into the Jetson (emergency procedure)

Connect to rsx_rover_router
Go to this link: http://whatsmyrouterip.com/
Type in wi-fi IP address into search bar.
Get Jetson's IP address from device list.
change ssh command to reflect the new IP address.

IP Settings to look into if there is a comm issue

Go into Bashrc: ~/.bashrc scroll to the bottom and find two lines: ROS_MASTER_URI and ROS_IP set ROS_MASTER_URI to the Jetson ipAddress set ROS_IP to the current device's ipAddress type ifconfig to find the current ip address

type: source ~/.bashrc to set the changes into effect Restart all the terminals if it still doesn't work

To Run Drive (New)

Pull latest version of the drive board branch of rover Open 4 terminal windows and run the following commands in each in the given order.

roscore
rosrun rosserial_python serial_node.py _port:=/dev/ttyACM0 _baud:=57600 If the above doesn't work, it's probably because the Arduino is on a different port.
Change ttyACM0 to ttyACM1 and try that. If that doesn't work, you can check which port the Arduino is attached to by looking in the bottom right corner of the Arduino IDE.
rosrun rover drive_sender
rosrun joy joy_node

Troubleshooting

If running rosrun rover drive_sender says the rover package is not found, close all terminal windows and run: source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash

It may be convenient to run this automatically every time a new terminal window is opened by adding it to .bashrc by typing: echo "source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash">>~/.bashrc

If all the programs run properly but nothing is showing on screen, it is possible the controller has not been configured. Close all terminal windows, and type: roscore Then in a new window, type: rosparam set joy_node/dev "/dev/input/jsX" Where X is a number. This instructions for finding this value can be found here.

To run Drive (old)

Shortcut commands (works on the rsx laptop and the jetson):

nvidia (ssh into nvidia) core (start roscore) drive1 (run drive receiver node) drive2 (run drive sender node)

Upload the Drive_receiver Arduino code on the Arduino
ssh into the nvidia jetson and run roscore
Run the receiver node in the jetson using this command (using your port number): rosrun rosserial_python serial_node.py _port:=/dev/ttyACM# _baud:=57600 Alternatively, use drive1
On the separate command window, use this command: rosrun rover drive_sender or drive2
Control the rover using the arrow keys

To run SLAM (Autonomy)

roscore
on Jetson (Or any device with the stereo camera and RTABMAP setup): roslaunch rover traverse.launch
On the groundstation computer: rosrun rviz rviz to visualize the rover

To run ARM

Install openrave. Follow these instructions.
Go to arm control folder
Run script with ./filename.ext

(If it's not an executable, ensure #!/Use/bin/env python is at the top of filename.ext and type chmod +x filename.ext in the terminal)

Openrave is mainly used for visualization, whilst the main control is done in the script.

To make a visual model of the arm follow these steps:

Make an arm model in a urdf file format. Follow this tutorial to assist you.
Convert a urdf file into a collada file. Follow this page for assistance with that.
In the collada (*.dae) file, due to some bugs, manually change the arm links parameters with the help of the file Arm_visualization_params_manual.odt
Make sure that the collada file name is the same as in environment.xml
Your visual model is set now, enjoy!

To run using ROS, steps (make sure you have the joystick connected beforehand):

Make sure that your computer is configured properly. The catkin package should be made. In ~/.bashrc file make sure you export correct ROS_MASTER_URI and ROS_IP (Note: be careful when using ROS_IP together with ROS_HOSTNAME, as they are mostly mutually exclusive)
to run the Master, type roscore in the command line
to run the Arm Listener, which listenes for the angle values (usually run on the rover computer), type rosrun rover arm_listener_ROS.py
to run the control script (usually run on the ground station computer controlling the arm), in the root of the cloned from github "rover" folder type rosrun rover arm_control_RSX_2018_ROS.py

For using the arm camera, go through the camera manual. Its IP is 192.168.0.10 (make sure the network is 192.168..)

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