Thanks, I might see about picking up where you left off unless I find
something else, we have an RMP200 and a RMP400 so I could test and maintain
something like this pretty easily.
Thanks,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
William Woodall
Graduate Software Engineering
Auburn University
w@auburn.edu
wjwwood@gmail.com
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On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Kent Williams <
k3nt00@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi William,
>
> I was the last one to work on this. Unfortunately the rmp 400 I was working
> with had to go back to its home abruptly so I wasn't able to even straighten
> things out. This package can be configured to work via usb with the
> controller boards on the rmp. Using the manual and the player rmp driver,
> you should be able to put something together rather easily. If you need any
> assistance don't hesitate to email me.
>
> Kent
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 5:19 PM, William Woodall <wjwwood@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am going to be working with the RMP200 ATV in tractor mode for my
>> research, and I was wondering what people were using to interface with them.
>> I know several groups are using the RMP's but seldom can I find their
>> driver. I found the one listed on the repositories listing:
>> http://www.ros.org/wiki/Repositories#segway_rmp. But this node seems to
>> be configured to use a CAN2USB converter and my RMP has the FTDI2XX system
>> built-in, also it seems incomplete and in development, does anyone know the
>> status of this package? If not, the player/stage driver seems well written
>> and mature, and it supports USB, but I wanted to get the state of things
>> before I dug in to converting it from player to ROS.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> William Woodall
>> Graduate Software Engineering
>> Auburn University
>> w@auburn.edu
>> wjwwood@gmail.com
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
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