Simple DS4 Manual Controller for Jetbot

A simple implementation of DUALSHOCK 4 controller for Jetbot

Installation & Implementation

  • Install Python & C++.
  • Install ROS (any version).
  • At /usr/home/”name” (“name” is arbitrary), create a ROS workspace. On terminal: 
    mkdir -p ~/catkin_ws/src
  • Go to the created ROS workspace, clone the jetbot_ros repo (choose the correct path for your ROS, e.g. mine is ROS Melodic, so $DISTRO_ROS is melodic) and jetbot-ros-DS4-controller package and build them. On terminal: 

    cd ~/catkin_ws/src
git clone https://github.com/dusty-nv/jetbot_ros -b $DISTRO_ROS
git clone [https://github.com/ChuongNg1996/jetbot-ros-object-following](https://github.com/ChuongNg1996/jetbot-ros-DS4-controller)
cd ..
catkin_make
  • Install DS4 Driver for ROS.
  • Run the ROS launch file: 

    source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash
roslaunch jetbot_ds4_manual jetbot_ds4_manual.launch

API

To be updated

Debugging

  • Use rostopic list to see available ROS topics.
  • Use rostopic echo /jetbot_motors/cmd_str to see if the messages are read.

Other

  • To make the commands run on startup, Ubuntu users can use Startup Application (beside systemd). Open Startup Application -> Add -> Name: ROS Launch (or anything) and Command: terminator -e "bash -i -c 'sleep 3 && roslaunch jetbot_ros jetbot_motor.launch' " -> Add -> Close.

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