Package Summary

The rovio stack contains packages to control and query a WowWee Rovio.

Author: Russell Toris
License: BSD
Source: git https://github.com/WPI-RAIL/rovio.git (branch: fuerte-devel)

rovio: rovio_av | rovio_ctrl | rovio_shared

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Dependencies (4)

Package Summary

Metapackage for the WowWee Rovio ROS Packages

Maintainer status: maintained
Maintainer: Russell Toris <rctoris AT wpi DOT edu>
Author: Russell Toris <rctoris AT wpi DOT edu>
License: BSD
Bug / feature tracker: https://github.com/WPI-RAIL/rovio/issues
Source: git https://github.com/WPI-RAIL/rovio.git (branch: master)

rovio: rovio_av | rovio_ctrl | rovio_shared

Package Links

Dependencies (4)

Package Summary

Metapackage for the WowWee Rovio ROS Packages

Maintainer status: maintained
Maintainer: Russell Toris <rctoris AT wpi DOT edu>
Author: Russell Toris <rctoris AT wpi DOT edu>
License: BSD
Bug / feature tracker: https://github.com/WPI-RAIL/rovio/issues
Source: git https://github.com/WPI-RAIL/rovio.git (branch: master)

About

The rovio stack contains ROS packages and nodes that can be used to communicate with a WowWee Rovio. Video streaming is made possible by utilizing the gscam package from the brown-ros-pkg repository. Joystick teleoperation is provided in the rovio_ctrl package from the 'rovio_teleop' node. Additionally, included in the rovio_av package is a selection of .wav files that have been converted to 8000 Hz 16 bit PCM (the native format for the Rovio). These files are conversions from Willow Garage's Robot Sound Libraries.

Installation

To install the rovio stack, you can choose to either install from source, or from the Ubuntu package:

Source

To install from source, execute the following:

```
   1 cd /path/to/your/ros/stacks
   2 git clone https://github.com/WPI-RAIL/rovio.git
   3 roscd rovio
   4 rosdep install rovio
   5 rosmake rovio
```

Ubuntu Package

To install the Ubuntu package, execute the following:

```
sudo apt-get install ros-fuerte-rovio
```

Startup

Each control package contains a .launch file which should be edited with the appropriate ROS parameters (e.g. hostname, username, and password to login to your Rovio). These launch files launch the necessary nodes for reading sensor information and control of the Rovio. Additional information on each launch file is given in their respective package wiki pages.

Support

Please send bug reports to the GitHub Issue Tracker. Feel free to contact me at any point with questions and comments.

Russell Toris
- rctoris@wpi.edu
- Academic Website