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Raspberry PI ROS and remote access
Jose 2013-11-29 03:03:03 6331 Views1 Replies Raspberry Pi community has a lot of interesting treats. For those looking forward building a smart robot system this is a good starting point.
ROS is a robot operating system based on linux. With a lot of tools to be used on your robot. I'm hoping to have some time to play more with this and attach it somehow to HCR. Thanks to Jeremy Nicola for providing the image click here to download
There are several ways to upload the image on your SD card, some tools for windows are very helpful. I'm my case, on a Linux box i used this:
Afterwards, I installed Vinagre on my linux and tightvncserver on RPi.
Tested if it was working with
Note the first time you run, it will ask you for a password. If you skip this step, the following automatic boot up process won't work.
Then added it to the boot sequence so it automatically starts everytime the RPi boot up.
Then created and added to the file
Add execution perms to the file by this command:
Update sequence
And reboot.
From your Windows machine, run the Tightvnc viewer and input the IP followed by the desktop number. something like 192.168.1.100:0 ( in our case we are using Desktop 0)
From linux box you would run
From there on, attach your wireless and your power to your RPi, and you got a Robotic operating system with remote access.
ROS is a robot operating system based on linux. With a lot of tools to be used on your robot. I'm hoping to have some time to play more with this and attach it somehow to HCR. Thanks to Jeremy Nicola for providing the image click here to download
There are several ways to upload the image on your SD card, some tools for windows are very helpful. I'm my case, on a Linux box i used this:
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dd if=imageName.img of=/dev/sdX bs=1M; syncAfterwards, I installed Vinagre on my linux and tightvncserver on RPi.
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sudo apt-get install tightvncserverTested if it was working with
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vncserver :0 -geometry 800x600 -depth 24Note the first time you run, it will ask you for a password. If you skip this step, the following automatic boot up process won't work.
Then added it to the boot sequence so it automatically starts everytime the RPi boot up.
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sudo suThen created and added to the file
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vim /etc/init.d/vncboot
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### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: vncboot
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start VNC Server at boot time
# Description: Start VNC Server at boot time.
### END INIT INFO
#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/vncboot
USER=root
HOME=/root
export USER HOME
case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting VNC Server"
#Insert your favoured settings for a VNC session
/usr/bin/vncserver :0 -geometry 800x600 -depth 16 -pixelformat rgb565
;;
stop)
echo "Stopping VNC Server"
/usr/bin/vncserver -kill :0
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/vncboot {start|stop}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
Add execution perms to the file by this command:
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chmod 755 /etc/init.d/vncbootUpdate sequence
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update-rc.d vncboot defaultsAnd reboot.
From your Windows machine, run the Tightvnc viewer and input the IP followed by the desktop number. something like 192.168.1.100:0 ( in our case we are using Desktop 0)
From linux box you would run
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xtightvncviewer 192.168.1.100:0From there on, attach your wireless and your power to your RPi, and you got a Robotic operating system with remote access.
2013-11-29 04:48:24 Once you have logged in your ROS system, open up a terminal and run this command
I'm thinking about trying this on Cubieboard since it has PWM pins and should be quite nice to drive motors around for a robot. I am not sure if raspberry pi is better for this.
Does anything think that a python script to add sensor data to google docs spreadsheet would be a good approach to data logging for sensors and other information?
Any suggestions appretiated
Cheers Jose
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roscoreI'm thinking about trying this on Cubieboard since it has PWM pins and should be quite nice to drive motors around for a robot. I am not sure if raspberry pi is better for this.
Does anything think that a python script to add sensor data to google docs spreadsheet would be a good approach to data logging for sensors and other information?
Any suggestions appretiated
Cheers
Jose 