Great work Francisco, thanks for the contributions!
However, how does your kdl_wrapper package differ from the established URDF
kdl_parser <
http://wiki.ros.org/kdl_parser?distro=hydro> package and
MoveIt's kdl_kinematics_plugin<
https://github.com/ros-planning/moveit_ros/tree/hydro-devel/planning/kdl_kinematics_plugin>
and
kdl-based dynamics
solver<
https://github.com/ros-planning/moveit_core/tree/hydro-devel/dynamics_solver>?
Perhaps these packages could be merged/centralized to prevent duplication
of functionality?
Dave
On Friday, December 13, 2013, Francisco Viña wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH, Sweden) is proud to announce the
> release of kth-ros-pkg <http://wiki.ros.org/kth-ros-pkg>. Some of our
> packages include:
>
>
> - *biotac_driver <http://wiki.ros.org/biotac_driver>:* catkinization
> of UPenn's Haptics group's low level drivers for the Biotac sensor<http://wiki.ros.org/BioTac>
> .
>
>
> - *force_torque_tools <http://wiki.ros.org/force_torque_tools>:*force-torque sensor calibration and gravity compensation.
>
>
> - *kdl_acc_solver <http://wiki.ros.org/kdl_acc_solver>:* KDL solver
> for calculating cartesian accelerations from joint positions, velocities
> and accelerations.
>
>
> - *kdl_wrapper <http://wiki.ros.org/kdl_wrapper>:* C++ wrapper for
> easily getting KDL kinematic chains and using KDL kinematic solvers with
> robots defined in ROS through URDF in the parameter server.
>
> Future packages will include :
>
> - door_opening_control <http://wiki.ros.org/door_opening_control>:
> adaptive controllers for simultaneous control and estimation of kinematic
> parameters of sliding and revolute doors.
>
>
> <https://wiki.ros.org/door_opening_control>As well as adaptive
> control/kinematics estimation for tool calibration, joint human-robot
> manipulation of objects, etc.
>
> Our github repo:
> https://github.com/kth-ros-pkg
>
>
> Best,
>
> Francisco
>
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