Yes, NXT http://www.ros.org/wiki/nxt The module makes the sensors and motors appear as topics. On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Nathaniel Lewis wrote: > Which one? The NXT? > > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Chris Brown wrote: > >> I've been using Linux since I did my electronics course in '95. Since then >> I've forgotten most of the electronic stuff but kept using Linux at home and >> at work. I've been playing with ROS for the last week and it's very >> interesting. I don't have any existing robot to layer it to ROS. >> How far could I go with the LEGO mindstorms kit? Is it possible to use the >> 2d mapping and navigation with it? >> >> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Nathaniel Lewis < >> linux.robotdude@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I am assuming since you are interested in ROS, you are running some >>> flavor of Linux already, thats step one. What I did to get started with ROS >>> was actually use ROS and a Parallax Boe-Bot. I bought a Blue-SMIRF >>> bluetooth modem from sparkfun electronics but I don't know how available >>> their products are to you since you live in Australia. I wrote a simple >>> program for the basic stamp (parallax's controller) to send sensor data and >>> accept motion data to/from my laptop over Bluetooth. I wrote a wrapper that >>> then resided on the PC and I was running ROS on the PC, but it was >>> controlling the little robot. >>> >>> The thing is you could take an existing robot you have and write a layer >>> to allow ROS on the PC to talk with it. - Nathaniel >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Chris Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I'd like to start playing with some robot hardware integrating ROS >>>> I have some electronic and programming skills >>>> Are their any simple cheap development kits out there >>>> Please note that I do live in Australia and certain products may not be >>>> available or costly to import >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ros-users mailing list >>>> ros-users@code.ros.org >>>> https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ros-users mailing list >>> ros-users@code.ros.org >>> https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Chris >> Aluminium Replacement Parts >> @arpartsau >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@code.ros.org >> https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > -- Chris Aluminium Replacement Parts @arpartsau