kylemathenia / imml_contactile_gripper

IMML_Contactile_Gripper

• Ubuntu 16.04
• ROS Melodic
• Launch the system by running "cd ~/insert_path_here/IMML_Contactile_Gripper && ./launch.py"

Tips

.bashrc

• add source /opt/ros/melodic/setup.bash to find ros.
• add source /insert_path_here/IMML_Contactile_Gripper/ROS_Workspace/devel/setup.bash to setup the ros workspace.
• add export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=/insert_path_here/IMML_Contactile_Gripper/ROS_Workspace:$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH to have ros know the package path for tab completion and such.
• add alias launchgripper="cd /insert_path_here/IMML_Contactile_Gripper && ./launch.py" to start the system quickly.
• add alias killros="rosnode kill -a" to quickly kill all ros nodes if the system becomes unresponsive.

General

• When debugging ros nodes, start them manually in the terminal. When they crash you can see the error this way, as opposed to the gnome terminal window disappearing.