Quick Start

Dependencies

Dependencies :

• ROS kinetic
• python2.x
• C++
• libdynamixel
• ROS control

Note

You need to store the installation path of libdynamixel in your environment variable inside your ~/.bashrc file export LIBDYNAMIXEL=/home/USER/Resibots .

ROS Dependencies :

• catkin
• rospy
• roscpp
• urdf
• std_msgs
• message_generation
• hardware_interface
• combined_robot_hw
• controller_manager
• ros-controllers
• joint-state-publisher

Building

The build system for this package is catkin . Don’t run away yet. Here is how we compile and install it :

Note

don’t forget to install ROS kinetic before

1. Clone

   simply clone the package dynamixel_control_hw into your catkin workspace source directory.

   cd $HOME/catkin_ws/src
   git clone https://github.com/resibots/dynamixel_control_hw.git
   

2. Compilation

   go into our workspace directory, then compile.

   cd ..
   catkin_make
   

3. Have fun

   Now, dynamixel_control_hw package should be correctly installed.

for more options and troubleshooting, see the Compilation tutorial