ROS2 Driver for Anki Vector

This driver has only been tested on Ubuntu 18.04. I wrote this so that I could use Vector to mop my floor and try out ROS2. Just tape a piece of tissue to his arm and you're good to go.

1. Setup Anki Vector for the SDK as in the documentation.
2. Clone this repo
3. Have fun with the mopper node

Dependencies

vector_ros2_interfaces ros-crystal-vision-opencv ros-crystal-cv-bridge

$ sudo apt-get install ros-crystal-vision-opencv
$ sudo apt-get install ros-crystal-cv-bridge

Setup

$ mkdir -p ~/ros2_ws/src && cd ~/ros2_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/CtfChan/vector_ros2.git
$ git clone https://github.com/CtfChan/vector_ros2_interfaces.git 
$ cd ~/ros2_ws 
$ colcon build --symlink-install
$ source ~/ros2_ws/install/setup.bash && source ~/ros2_ws/install/local_setup.bash

Running the Mopper Node

# Pane 1
$ ros2 run vector_ros2 vision
# Pane 2 
$ ros2 run vector_ros2 movement
# Pane 3 
$ ros2 run vector_ros2 mopper

Testing Movement Node

Testing the rostopics

$ ros2 topic pub -r 10 vector/cmd_vel geometry_msgs/Twist  '{linear:  {x: 0.1, y: 0.0, z: 0.0}, angular: {x: 0.0,y: 0.0,z: 0.0}}'
$ ros2 topic pub -r 10 vector/cmd_vel geometry_msgs/Twist  '{linear:  {x: 0.0, y: 0.0, z: 0.0}, angular: {x: 0.0,y: 0.0,z: 0.0}}'

Testing the rosservice

$ ros2 service call /vector/lift_height vector_ros2_interfaces/LiftHeight '{desired_height: 0.0}'
$ ros2 service call /vector/head_angle vector_ros2_interfaces/HeadAngle '{desired_angle: 11}'