Hi,<div><br></div><div><br>I am pleased to announce the development of a ROS package for the Merlin miabotPRO mobile robot platform. I have created a git repository for the code here:
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://MerlinSystemsCorp">https://MerlinSystemsCorp</a>@<a href="http://github.com/MerlinSystemsCorp/ROSMiabotDriver.git">github.com/MerlinSystemsCorp/ROSMiabotDriver.git</a></div><div>
<br></div><div>There is some initial documentation here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.merlinsystemscorp.co.uk/miabotPro">http://www.merlinsystemscorp.co.uk/miabotPro</a></div><div><br></div><div>and, ROS specific here:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.merlinsystemscorp.co.uk/miabotProros">http://www.merlinsystemscorp.co.uk/miabotProros</a></div><div><br></div><div>The initial ROS wiki entry here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.ros.org/wiki/Repositories">http://www.ros.org/wiki/Repositories</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>The package has been tested as running and building in ROS/cturtle on Ubunutu. I could use some pointers on:</div><div><br></div><div>* What else do I need to do to make installation work well for other users</div>
<div>* How do I get a ROS wiki page to enhance the documentation</div><div>* Anything else I have missed!</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, the package supports supports all the messages to run the robot using the ROS NAV stack - although all the miabotPRO peripheral functions are available on the comand line via the driver.</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Pq1nhnMzAoUc66VK6sDkUGyntGQ_PwUqz52x3oCIus0">https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Pq1nhnMzAoUc66VK6sDkUGyntGQ_PwUqz52x3oCIus0</a></div><div><br></div>
<div><br></div><div>This is my first ROS package (and Linux program!) so your help and further advice would be gratefully received!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div>
<div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div>Dr Mark Norman<br>Chief Executive<br>Merlin Systems Corp. Ltd<br>
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