Thanks Ken,

For anyone looking to use this *right now* - I've posted some notes to the
front page of our google repository:
http://code.google.com/p/albany-ros-pkg/

I'll be moving this, and additional docs, over to the ROS wiki later this
afternoon.

-Mike

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Ken Conley <kwc@willowgarage.com> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> This is very cool.  We've been hoping to see a Neato driver.
>
> I've added albany-ros-pkg to our indexers as well as the wiki:
> http://www.ros.org/wiki/Repositories
>
> When the indexers update, this page will fill in:
> http://www.ros.org/wiki/albany-ros-pkg
>
> And I reposted your announcement to ROS.org:
>
> http://www.ros.org/news/2010/12/neato-xv-11-driver-for-ros-albany-ros-pkg.html
>
> cheers,
> Ken
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Michael Ferguson <mfergs7@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I would like to announce the availability of a simple driver for the
> Neato
> > Robotics XV-11 for ROS. The neato_robot stack contains a neato_driver
> > (generic python based driver) and neato_node package. The neato_node
> > subscribes to a standard cmd_vel (geometry_msgs/Twist) topic to control
> the
> > base, and publishes laser scans from the robot, as well as odometry. The
> > neato_slam package contains our current move_base launch and
> configuration
> > files (still needs some work).
> >
> > I've uploaded two videos thus far showing the Neato:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJVEFlbuFO4
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWwwssBjg6M
> >
> > I also have to announce our repository, since we've never officially done
> > that: http://albany-ros-pkg.googlecode.com
> >
> > I hope to have documentation for this new stack on the ROS wiki later
> > today/tonight.
> >
> > Mike Ferguson
> > ILS Social Robotics Lab
> > SUNY Albany
> > http://robotics.ils.albany.edu
> >
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