README.md

utmg-android-interface

UT Machine Games Controller for quadcopter trajectory input by user.

Authors

• Nidhi Rathod
• Siddarth Kaki

Dependencies

• VICON package

  EITHER:

  • CURRENTLY SUPPORTED - vicon_bridge ROS package adapted from ETH Zurich: https://github.com/radionavlab/vicon_bridge

  OR:

  • SUPPORT TO BE IMPLEMENTED - vicon/vicon_odom ROS packages adapted from KumarRobotics: https://github.com/radionavlab/vicon

Setup

• Set ROS variables regarding network in each terminal used (or alternatively add these lines to ~/.bashrc), where 192.168.1.XX is your system's network IP address

  • run: export ROS_HOSTNAME=192.168.1.XX
  • run: export ROS_MASTER_URI=http://192.168.1.XX:11311

• Configure ROS launch files to listen to VICON on the network, and to listen to the proper topic for each quadcopter

  If using vicon_bridge:

  • [TODO]

  If using vicon/vicon_odom:

  • [TODO]

Usage

1. In a new terminal, run: roscore

2. Start a VICON node

   If using vicon_bridge:

   • In a new terminal, run: roslaunch vicon_bridge vicon.launch

   If using vicon/vicon_odom:

   • In a new terminal, run: roslaunch vicon vicon.launch
   • In a new terminal, run: roslaunch vicon_odom vicon_android_app.launch

3. Start app on tablet

   • Enter http://192.168.1.XX:11311 into app's prompt for main computer's network address

Icon Credit

Icon adapted from Adbul Karim from Noun Project under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.