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Install Common Tools
This assumes you installed a “minimal” version of Ubuntu apt packages first Update your software first
Installing, Running, and Using RosBridge
Introduction This section describes installing RosBridge, which is useful for communicating to devices which do not have ROS installed (like windows machines with custom drivers)
06-Install and Setup git
Git Git is the command line program for interacting with a git repository
Clone and Setup Custom Workspace
Steps Install prerequisites sudo apt install ros-melodic-joy sudo apt install python3-numpy Install libnifalcon (instructions in Falcon tutorial)
Creating a new package
Create a new package bash cd ~/code/code_idealab_ros/src/ catkin_create_pkg thorlabs_linear_actuator std_msgs rospy roscpp cd ~/code/code_idealab_ros/ catkin_make Find package dependencies:
Create a new message
Steps Create Message roscd thorlabs_linear_actuator/ mkdir msg cd msg nano write.
Creating Scripts
Steps see https://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Tutorials/CustomMessagePublisherSubscriber(python) for details on how to customize create the scripts directory and pull talker and listener examples
Install and Setup SSH
Basic Steps Make a new directory for holding keys mkdir ~/keys Decrypt your current keys
Using the Mark-10
prep the host machine in a virtualbox environment Download and install drivers from the mark 10 website
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I am a Robotics Researcher, director of the IDEAlab, and Assistant Professor in the Ira A.
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