luisp23 / ercr_control

This package provide ROS nodes used to control the USV robot used in the Ecolymer River Cleanup Robot project.

ercr_control

This package provide ROS nodes used to control the USV robot used in the Ecolymer River Cleanup Robot project.

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joystick_control

This package is used to control the ERCR robot with a joystick.

Installing joystick_control

Install the ROS Noetic joystick drivers and joystick node.

sudo apt-get install ros-noetic-joy

Plug in the joystick into your computer. Verify that the computer sees the joystick by verifying that it is listed in the input devices folder. It should be listed as "js0".

ls /dev/input

Test out the joystick with the following command. Ensure that the data values are changing as you used the joystick.

sudo jstest /dev/input/js0

Allow ROS to access the joystick:

sudo chmod a+rw /dev/input/jsX

Using joystic_control

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pid_control

This package uses a PID controller to control the ERCR robot with a joystick.

Installation

Installing the robot_localization package with the following:

sudo apt-get install ros-noetic-robot-localization