ROS joystick package for Logitech F710

[Adrian Apps]

Hey Gav,

I believe you also had one of these controllers to use as a joystick at the workshop, is this correct?

I'm trying to get mine going with the Kobuki but am having issues... would you mind sharing your package or provide a guide or similar to getting it working?

Cheers,

Adrian.

[Adrian Apps]

So I got the gamepad working using the suggestion offered by Gav which didn't show up on here.

Of course you need a master to communicate so if you haven't already, run a core using a command such as "roslaunch turtlebot_bringup minimal.launch"

Then to get it working, I first installed the turtlebot_teleop package using the command "rosdep install turtlebot_teleop" after which I was able to run it using the command "roslaunch turtlebot_teleop logitech.launch"

The package also allow for control using keyboard or interactive markers.

Great fun driving the little fella around, now I need to work on my Asus Xtion Pro Live feed so that I can start mapping the environment!

Cheers,

Adrian