I don't have a robot, can i use ROS with my desktop until i get one?

asked 2014-02-27 19:51:08 -0500

sixtyeightmk2
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updated 2016-10-24 08:59:56 -0500

ngrennan
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I don't yet have an expensive robot or the time to build one, but I do like the idea of having access via an API, both in allowing a robot access to my API data, but additionally this could provide something along the lines of shared "robot time" for folks that don't have a robot but would like to actually work with one.

Another thought on this topic would be using something like the API interface that benkehoe posted a few days ago.

If possible - could I use my desktop system in the mean time and prepare some programs or computer vision locally by using the ROS distro?

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answered 2014-02-27 20:56:21 -0500

davinci

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Simulate a robot in Gazebo and test your code on this robot.

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Somehow I missed this important feature when I was going through the ROS website and tutorials. I wish this was clearer to newbies who install ROS and run through the tutorials.