Attention: Answers.ros.org is deprecated as of August the 11th, 2023. Please visit robotics.stackexchange.com to ask a new question. This site will remain online in read-only mode during the transition and into the foreseeable future. Selected questions and answers have been migrated, and redirects have been put in place to direct users to the corresponding questions on Robotics Stack Exchange. Additional details are available here.
In case anyone would like more details in the future:
We try to expose nearly all relevant controls from our regular API to ROS
Most of our users use their own laptops, TurtleBot-style netbooks, FitPCs, or mini-ITX form-factor motherboards
Most commonly, people use Garmin/NovAtel/uBlox GPS units, SICK/Hokuyo LIDARs, Kinects, AXIS cameras, CH Robotics/MicroStrain IMUs, Point Grey stereo cameras