Is ROS for me?

asked 2012-11-28 13:09:10 -0500

packrat
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updated 2014-01-28 17:14:25 -0500

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I am building a hobby robot from a old powered wheelchair. For the brains I have built a mini PC (intel core i3). For the motor controllers I am using two 25amp pololu simple motor controllers that can controlled over USB. I have a USB video camera that I'll use as well as a high power wifi radio. I consider myself to be a beginner at the software side of robotics. I have programmed some with the arduino compiler and visual basic. For right now I would like to be able to control the robot remotely and see what it sees. Just something to play around with until I can program more complex actions. My question is, is ros the best route for me to start from scratch with?

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answered 2012-11-29 04:57:36 -0500

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ROS is almost certainly a good choice. Many hobbyists use it effectively.

Whether it's your best option is for you to decide. Most of us here use it heavily and like it, so our responses will tend to favor ROS.

You should understand that ROS is complex. It provides many useful features, but learning it will take a while.

As @dornhege said: work through the beginner tutorials. They will give you a clear understanding of the basics. If you like what you see, you'll be well on your way. If you don't, you'll know to look elsewhere.

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answered 2012-11-28 14:01:49 -0500

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I don't know about your motors; assuming there are ROS drivers (or that you can write your own; you say they're "controllable over USB", which means the answer is almost certainly yes), then the answer is "yes, absolutely".

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answered 2012-11-28 22:34:49 -0500

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w.w.w.pololu.com/catalog/product/1383. W.w.w.pololu.com/docs/0J44/7 I have only used the serial TTL communication side of these in connection with an arduino. For my new build of this robot I wanted to use the USB interface. You said I should be able to use ros. I believe I have installed ros under Ubuntu 12.04, but I'm not really sure where to start. Thanks for any help you can give me:-)

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dornhege ( 2012-11-28 22:42:39 -0500 )edit

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If you have arduino code running, there is rosserial, which allows you to easily connect an arduino with ROS. You should be able to control your robot via the arduino then. Camera drivers and generic teleop nodes are also available. Start with the beginner's tutorials on www.ros.org.

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