/dvrk-ros

Fork of adnanmunawar's fork of jhu-dvrk/dvrk-ros

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da Vinci Research Kit ROS

This repository has code related to daVinci_research_kit ROS packages.

Install

  • download & build cisst, see dvrk tutorial wiki for detail
  • download & compile cisst-ros
# cd to catkin ws src dir
cd /PATH/TO/CATKIN_WS/src
# clone repo
git clone git@github.com:jhu-cisst/cisst-ros.git

# build 
cd ..
catkin_make
  • download & compile dvrk-ros
# cd to catkin ws src dir
cd /PATH/TO/CATKIN_WS/src
# clone repo
git clone git@github.com:jhu-dvrk/dvrk-ros.git
# build 
cd ..
catkin_make

How to run the code

  • simulation: see dvrk_teleop/README.md for details
  • robot: see dvrk_robot/README.md for details

List of Branches

  • master: current stable version
  • dev_groovy: groovy development verison
  • catkin: catkin version

List of Packages:

  • dv_gazebo_plugins: from WPI Nirav, don't know how to use Nirav?
  • dvrk_joint_publisher: publishes joint state
  • dvrk_kinematics:
    • kinematics model of MTM/PSM
  • dvrk_model:
    • MTM + PSM CAD models & meshes
    • rviz configs
    • launch files
  • dvrk_teleop:
    • dummy teleop component with a Qt GUI
  • dvrk_robot:
    • main file to start robot, publish & subscribe ros topics
  • dvrk_joint_publisher:
    • publish named joint states (position + velocity)
  • dvrk\pcl
    • demonstration of stereovision
    • topics include raw images from left and right cameras, disparity map and point cloud
    • launch files