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uvc_camera not launching in ros groovy.

asked 2013-09-11 08:09:41 -0500

balakumar-s

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updated 2013-11-14 11:12:23 -0500

tfoote

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I get this error when roslaunch uvc_camera camera_node.launch is run in a terminal.

ERROR: cannot launch node of type [uvc_camera/uvc_camera]: can't locate node [uvc_camera] in package [uvc_camera]

ROS groovy.

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answered 2013-09-20 01:40:29 -0500

andreas
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There is no uvc_camera package included in groovy, I don't know why. It appears again in hydro.

However there's a package in the repository called ros-groovy-usb-cam. Install, then run "rosrun usb-cam usb_cam_node" Alternatively you can also use ros-groovy-gscam (http://wiki.ros.org/gscam).

(Related question and more detailed answers: http://answers.ros.org/question/57320/package-for-simple-usb-web-camera-in-groovy/)