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asked 2015-06-22 08:13:01 -0500

Dynamite gravatar image

updated 2015-06-22 09:02:48 -0500

Hi all.

I really want to get into ROS but I am having quite a few problems. I only know the basic of programming, but my interest is much more in mechanical design and construction. That's also the reason why I am so much interested in ROS.

Is there a place where you can have a forum log, so it will be easier to get help than asking a question everytime. I am on my own with this in my spare time.

Does any one have a project which makes you connect an arduino to ROS, in order to control a robot with two motors connected to a h-bridge, just as a beginner project to get started?

Also I'd liked to make the Follow me robot with the kinect sensor, but so far I can't make it work, but the kinect is connected since I can access the dual screen view with $freenect-glview and therefore I think I'll need to reinstall everything from what I can read from another guy having the same problem. is it common that ROS packages gives a lot of trouble installing or is it because of all the other drivers the kinect uses making it much more complex?

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answered 2015-06-22 09:36:14 -0500

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ROS is an incredibly powerful system, but also complex. I'd recommend starting slow and simple. Go through the beginner tutorials (you can get through them pretty quickly). Then start on a simple project. Installing Kinect is one of the trickier things to do. I would post your arduino/ h-bridge question separately with its own title to improve chance of finding someone who's done that.

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Thank you corb. I've gone through all the beginner tutorials before I started trying to get the Kinect working.

Would it be better to invest in a Raspberry Pi or another controllerboard (Which one then) in order to use ROS for Robotic Platform development and design?

Dynamite gravatar image Dynamite  ( 2015-06-22 10:18:25 -0500 )edit

There are basically 3 options for hardware: 1. RaspPi-2 (or ODROID C1) - $36 - this will be fine for basic ROS things. It will not have enough power to run RVIZ. Kinect may be a stretch. 2. Nvidia TK1 - $200 - very fast ARM system with Kepler GPU. 3. Cheap x86 system - will run all ROS pkgs

corb gravatar image corb  ( 2015-06-22 11:30:10 -0500 )edit

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