ROS on Freerunner

[RANJAN]

Will be really an awesome and exciting idea..But having to port it properly
and use the minimal processing power on FR and to decide whether one should
design a minimal linux specifically to support ROS etc would be some key
points to begin with..

Sincerely
Ranjan

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com
> wrote:

> I think this can also be of interest to the Openmoko community.
>
>
> Am 19.04.2011 um 09:46 schrieb Jan Tuennermann:
>
>  Ron,
>
> thanks for forwarding.  ROS (Robot Operating System) is a kind of meta
> operating system. It does not really handle OS functions, also it is not
> real time. It's a great concept that boosts development in the robotic area.
> It is based on a publisher / subscriber paradigm; you implement your
> software as node which will publish and receive messages. For example, if
> you wrap a face detection algorithm or something in a ROS-node, it would
> subscribe to image messages and probably publish a custom message with
> coordinates of a face, or maybe another image with the face marked. This
> node can now receive images from any node that publishes images. For
> example, a webcam-node. Or a node that loads test-data from hard drive or
> maybe from a 3D-Simulator. Also, there are a lot of components that already
> come with ROS. So if we wanted to display the image with the face marked in
> it, we would just need to make an image_view node (comes with ROS) to
> subscribe our images. More complex components can display 3D point-clouds
> (for example from a laser range finder), etc.  ROS nodes register with a
> master and they don't need to be on the same machine, as they can
> communicate over network.
>
> Right now I'm trying to get a gpsd_client node to run on the OpenMoko. On a
> remote PC a gpsd_viewer node will run, subscribing gpsFix messages which it
> will use to display the Moko's location in a map from the OpenStreetMap
> project. I'm planning to connect the Moko to a micro- controler which then
> controls a RC-car. I tested this before, so I'm optimistic that I will get
> it working. When it works I might add a X-Box kinnect, which is already
> supported by ROS to capture 2D and 3D visual information to enable the
> RC-car for autonomous driving.
>
> best regards,
> Jan
>
>
>
>
>
> Am 19.04.2011 01:14, schrieb Ron K. Jeffries:
>
> sending this item along seen on the ROS list.
>
>  Not sure if OpenMoko folks have already seen it.
>
>  A future board similar to SIE nee SAKC would
> benefit from a real time OS. This one [ROS]
> appears to be open and free and widely supported.
>
>  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jan Tuennermann <tuennermann at get.uni-paderborn.de>
> To: ros-users at code.ros.org
> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:28:02 +0200
> Subject: [ros-users] ROS running on Neo Freerunner
> Hi everyone,
>
> I spent some time on the weekend to get ROS diamondback running on the
> OpenMoko smart phone Neo Freerunner. With it's WiFi,  GPS, Accelerometers
> and Linux capabilities it might be an alternative for robot projects where a
> netbook is to large or to heavy.
>
> I put an installation guide here: http://www.ros.org/wiki/freerunner
>
> I was not really sure where to put it, as it is not really a tutorial and
> also no stack description. So if the place is inappropriate, it would be
> nice if someone could move it.
>
> Jan
>
>  ---
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