Eigen ¶

a C++ library that I use for quaternion transformations, to get started

Note

when going to use it with ROS there is no FindEigen.cmake on Ubuntu, so you need to include it in your package by default.

http://wiki.ros.org/jade/Migration#Eigen_CMake_Module_in_cmake_modules

roscpp ¶

A C++ implementation of ROS that allows users to quickly interact with ROS.

rospy ¶

Common Messages ¶

a meta package for common messages

message_filters ¶

Make the decision to use data based off of the time stamp. Basically sequence the data

PCL ¶

Point cloud library

Ackermann Group ¶

Group that supports Ackermann steering geometry.

navigation ¶

install with:

sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-navigation

hector_localization ¶

install with:

sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-hector-localization

ros_control ¶

install with:

sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-ros-control ros-kinetic-ros-controllers

pointcloud_to_laserscan ¶

install with:

sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-pointcloud-to-laserscan

teleop_twist_keyboard ¶

Cartographer ¶

A Google map builder

laser_pipeline ¶

Meta-package for laser data processing

robot_localization ¶

Provide state estimates given sensor data

robot_state_publisher¶

turorial

load new parameters on the server

Troubleshooting

messages being blocked

use_sim_time = false

Requires:

joint_state_publisher

clock ¶

For a ROS node to use the /clock topic set the /use_sim_time parameter before node is started

ControllIt!¶

MoveIT ¶

Install ¶

ROS Kinetic on Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-moveit

Using With Kinetic¶

Go to this link and download the PDF for instructions.

URDF ¶

Unified Robot Description Format (URDF), an Extensible Markup Language (XML) format (a markup language (can document revisions) that is both machine and human readable)

catkin-tools ¶

Lots of useful info on setting up workspaces.