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veltrop-ros-pkg

Taylor Veltrop's ROS Packages. Was actively developed between early 2010 and late 2011. Not much out-of-the-box here for you, but plenty of stuff to adapt for your own projects.

roboard package

RoBoard drivers and support package for ROS. Good out-of-box. Sensor abstraction easy to extend if your hardware differs.

  • PWM and ICS serial servo control based on joint state messages
  • I2C and AD Sensor abstraction

veltrobot package

For controlling the "Veltrobot" which is based on the Kondo KHR1-HV, RoBoard and various other bit & pieces. Use this as a base for your own home built robot or NAO, but lots of modification will be needed.

  • URDF
  • Movement system
    • Real-time gyro based balancing
    • Pose based motion scripting
    • Bind twists and other control messages to motion scripts
    • Servo trim calibration
  • GUI
    • Adjust servo trim calibration
    • Capturing robot pose for later playback
  • Incomplete work for navigation and obstacle avoidance
  • NAOqi API bindings, mirroring Veltrobot movement system
  • Teleoperation based on Kinect, Wii remotes, PS3 controller

virtual_reality package

Stuff to enhance teleoperation. If anyone out there still has a VR920 that is useful out-of-box. The treadmill solution is based on hardware hacking, but the principal of how it is integrated could be useful.

  • Vuzix VR920 support drivers and ROS abstraction node
  • Control a treadmill based on Kinect data, embedded microcontroller code plus ROS node

veltrop_stereo package

Stereo vision hacks. Only useful for masochists.

  • Ability to use a stereo camera if it's CCD mounting is rotated 90 degrees
  • Special messages & node to send "synced" yuyv frames as a single message
  • Stuff needed for my esoteric not-fully-compatible UVC devices

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