[ros-users] Announcing kth-ros-pkg

[Dave Coleman]

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
>
> --
>  Francisco E. Viña B.
>  PhD Student at CVAP/CAS, KTH
>  Teknikringen 14, office 609
>  114 28 Stockholm, Sweden.
>  WWW: http://www.csc.kth.se/~fevb
>  Tel: +46-8-790-7224
>


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