Android Control not working after upgrading to Electric-Turtle

asked 2011-11-27 05:08:52 -0500

JamesRonald
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updated 2011-12-11 02:29:34 -0500

Is it just me or does the Android Control not work after upgrading to Electric-Turtle?

Below are the relevant sections of the logs and messages from me launching android_teleop.launch from the command line.

Removing the follow offending line "<include file="$(find turtlebot_bringup)/base.launch"/>" from android_teleop.launch gets me a bit further. The android_teleop application now successfully launches and Kinect camera works but I can not navigate around using the controls. It seems that turtlebot_bringup/base.launch no longer exists in Electric. Was it just removed, renames or replaced?

Please let me know if I should create a ticket for this under turtlebot_apps and if there is anything else that I can do.

James Ronald

1322410844.661567926 INFO [:0() [topics: /turtlebot/app_list, /rosout, /turtlebot/application/app_status] start_app: turtlebot_teleop/android_teleop
1322410844.662949085 INFO [:0() [topics: /turtlebot/app_list, /rosout, /turtlebot/application/app_status] Loading app: turtlebot_teleop/android_teleop
1322410844.714994907 INFO [:0() [topics: /turtlebot/app_list, /rosout, /turtlebot/application/app_status] Launching: /opt/ros/electric/stacks/turtlebot_apps/turtlebot_teleop/app/android_teleop.launch
1322410844.747560977 ERROR [:0() [topics: /turtlebot/app_list, /rosout, /turtlebot/application/app_status] app start failed
turtlebot@jr-EeePC:~/.ros/log/47bcf768-1913-11e1-bbf8-485d60f548c1$ 

[rosout][INFO] 2011-11-27 11:20:44,660: start_app: turtlebot_teleop/android_teleop
[rosout][INFO] 2011-11-27 11:20:44,662: Loading app: turtlebot_teleop/android_teleop
[rosout][INFO] 2011-11-27 11:20:44,713: Launching: /opt/ros/electric/stacks/turtlebot_apps/turtlebot_teleop/app/android_teleop.launch
[roslaunch][INFO] 2011-11-27 11:20:44,729: loading roscore config file /opt/ros/electric/stacks/ros_comm/tools/roslaunch/roscore.xml
[roslaunch][INFO] 2011-11-27 11:20:44,734: Added core node of type [rosout/rosout] in namespace [/]
[roslaunch.config][INFO] 2011-11-27 11:20:44,734: loading config file /opt/ros/electric/stacks/turtlebot_apps/turtlebot_teleop/app/android_teleop.launch
[rosout][ERROR] 2011-11-27 11:20:44,746: app start failed
turtlebot@jr-EeePC:~/.ros/log/47bcf768-1913-11e1-bbf8-485d60f548c1$ 

# launch android_teleop.launch from the command line for debugging...
roslaunch turtlebot_teleop android_teleop.launch

while processing /opt/ros/electric/stacks/turtlebot/turtlebot_bringup/base.launch:

Invalid roslaunch XML syntax: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/opt/ros/electric/stacks/turtlebot/turtlebot_bringup/base.launch'

Update: I installed electric-turtle from source and replaced turtlebot_apps with turtlebot_apps from mercurial tip which includes Ferg's updates. The controls that move the base now work but there there is no video. The issue seems to be with openni_camera.

[ INFO] [1323567493.121062272]: [/openni_camera] Opened 'Xbox NUI Camera' on bus 1:22 with serial number 'A00363A05323110A'
[ INFO] [1323567493.167941518]: rgb_frame_id = 'kinect_rgb_optical_frame'
[ INFO] [1323567493.176681304]: depth_frame_id = 'kinect_depth_optical_frame' 
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'openni_wrapper::OpenNIException'
  what():  virtual void openni_wrapper::OpenNIDevice::setSynchronization(bool) @ /home/turtlebot/ros-electric-turtle/perception_pcl/pcl/build/pcl/io/src/openni_camera/openni_device.cpp @ 489 : could not turn on frame synchronization. Reason: Device Protocol: Bad Parameter sent!
[openni_manager-3] process has died [pid 15180, exit code -6].
log files: /home/turtlebot/.ros/log/a7a71c46-2398-11e1-920d-485d60f548c1/openni_manager-3*.log
respawning...
[openni_manager-3] restarting process

Also chirp app (Moo) seems to be broken:

process[chirp-1]: started with pid [14611]
[INFO] [WallTime: 1323567460.712049] Waiting for foreign master [http://localhost:11312] to come up...
Invalid card number.
Invalid card number ...

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James, the openni issue probably is the breaker not being on before starting the app? As for Moo, I would open a new question for that, and note that sound_play is failing -- as I know chirp is working (I've now tested the Android apps), and it looks like an audio card problem (Invalid card number).

fergs ( 2011-12-10 16:38:49 -0500 )edit

Fergs, thanks for your answers. After restarting everything the chirp app is now working. As for Teleop, I'm pretty sure that it's not a breaker issue as the in-line green LED on cord of the Kinect toggles and the "Follower" application works.

JamesRonald ( 2011-12-11 02:28:21 -0500 )edit

Fergs, I just received a bunch of ros-electric-turtle updates via apt and was surprised to that your android_teleop changes were not included in the updates.

JamesRonald ( 2011-12-17 11:06:13 -0500 )edit

Stack maintainers must do a release before updates are pushed from source to debs. TurtleBot has not been re-released yet.

fergs ( 2011-12-17 23:58:39 -0500 )edit

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answered 2011-11-27 17:19:05 -0500

fergs

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updated 2011-12-05 04:27:12 -0500

The "base.launch" file previously started the EKF filter (which would publish /odom->/base_link transfrom). That launch file has been merged into minimal.launch (as that transform is needed very often, and we were trying to reduce the number of launch files). It looks like a number of launch files in the /apps directory didn't get updated, I'll get those patches pushed into mercurial tomorrow.

The lack of movement, is probably due to a different change: we've stopped mapping "cmd_vel" into "turtlebot_node/cmd_vel" as it's really the wrong thing to do. So, it is likely that turtlebot_node/cmd_vel is still running around somewhere (although I can't seem to find it). In the meantime, you should be able make this work with a relay:

rosrun topic_tools relay turtlebot_node/cmd_vel cmd_vel

UPDATE: As of today, 12/05, changes have been committed to the turtlebot_apps stack which shuold fix this problem.

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I installed electric from source, source setup.bash and ran rosmake -a. I'm still seeing the same error and base.launch is still being included in android_teleop.launch. I'm now guessing that rosinstall does not pull from the mercurial repo. Is there a way to tell it to do so?

JamesRonald ( 2011-12-09 12:18:24 -0500 )edit

Never mind... I found your changes and figured out how to get the turtlebot_apps source via mercurial.

JamesRonald ( 2011-12-09 13:13:14 -0500 )edit

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answered 2012-01-19 09:47:46 -0500

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updated 2012-01-19 09:50:04 -0500

I'm having trouble with the same issue. The rostopic command doesn't seem to work. I think there may be a bug in rostopic (or at least a behavior that I don't understand).

Here's my setup:

Android device publishing to /turtlebot_node/cmd_vel
keyboard_teleop publishing to /cmd_vel
"rostopic echo" on both /cmd_vel and turtlebot_node/cmd_vel

When I run rosrun topic_tools relay /cmd_vel /turtlebot_node/cmd_vel I see an info message "[INFO] [time] advertised as /turtlebot_node/cmd_vel" and commands from the keyboard_teleop are relayed correctly relayed to the /turtlebot_node/cmd_vel topic

However, when I run rosrun topic_tools relay /turtlebot_node/cmd_vel /cmd_vel I don't see an info message and no messages are relayed.

So... it looks like topic_tools will only relay in one direction (the wrong one) and the command mentioned earlier doesn't work. I'm aware of the changes in the source code, but I'll like to take the chance to learn more about ROS and report a possible bug. Any ideas what's going on?

Thanks,

-Brian

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answered 2011-11-28 13:12:47 -0500

JamesRonald
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I just tried your (Fergs) recommendation of using relay but I still get no motion.

rostopic echo /turtlebot_node/cmd_vel

Displays cmd_vel values as you expected. Currently where to change /turtlebot_node/cmd_vel to /cmd_vel eludes me.

Also, will your update be available via apt-get or do I need to go another route to pickup such changes?

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Hmm, if you have messages on turtlebot_node/cmd_vel, you should get the passthrough onto cmd_vel from relay (you did try sending a few commands right? it appears that relay will probably eat the first message).

fergs ( 2011-11-29 04:13:09 -0500 )edit

Apt-get is always a few days/weeks behind, as we have to release and then build debs, and then they have to be pushed onto the public repo. If you want the latest updates, a source checkout from the mercurial repo is the way to go.

fergs ( 2011-11-29 04:14:24 -0500 )edit

Thanks. I will give it a try tomorrow.

JamesRonald ( 2011-12-02 13:22:19 -0500 )edit

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