Is there a graphical Virtual Joypad?

asked 2015-05-16 05:26:35 -0600

Myzhar

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Hi all, I searched anywhere and I could not find a Virtual Joypad for ROS.

What I'd like to do is something like the joypad in bottom right:

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before starting to write my own plugin for rqt/rviz I would like to know if I'm not going to do something that exists.

Thank you Walter

PS You can download the GUI of the image here: https://github.com/officinerobotiche/... I created it to drive a robot directly connected by Serial to a uNav motor control board.

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+1. As @gvdhoorn mentioned, adding a feature to rqt_robot_steering is favourable idea. I also wanted the "DJ" pad like the image you posted for operating an omni-directional base but ended up using joy stick (PR is still open).

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answered 2015-05-16 05:56:38 -0600

gvdhoorn
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The rqt_robot_steering plugin is similar to what you describe/show, but doesn't have the circular dpad. It also publishes Twist messages, so rate of turn and linear velocity are proportional to how much the scroll bars are turned up or down. From your image I gather that the dpad is on/off only, and that velocities are set using the sliders on the left.

The ROS Android Teleop app does have a circular dpad, which could make control of a differential drive robot easier than the sliders of rqt_robot_steering. It also includes a simple image_view like component for streaming video.

before starting to write my own plugin for rqt/rviz I would like to know if I'm not going to do something that exists.

Well, there are at least the above two.

Perhaps updating / extending rqt_robot_steering with a dpad control would be nice.

In any case I'd go for an rqt plugin.

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My circular pad is proportional. Vertical axis controls the forward speed, while horizontal axis controls the rotation speed. The sliders on the left only set the range of the speeds of the robot. When you push the pad on the top it sends to the robot the max forward speed set by the slider.

Myzhar ( 2015-05-16 06:21:58 -0600 )edit

There's also the Teleop panel in rviz. It's in Panels->Add New Panel->rviz_plugin_tutorials->Teleop. Not quite the same as the d-pad interface, but it works.

Tom Moore ( 2015-05-16 08:08:42 -0600 )edit

I tried it... non really usable ☺ It could be good if the max speeds were configurable

Myzhar ( 2015-05-16 11:35:45 -0600 )edit

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answered 2015-07-09 14:33:45 -0600

Boris

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I was playing with QML and ROS recently and wrote ros_qml package. So here is a quick example mimicking your interface (I was unsure about artwork licence, so drew my own). You can easily extend it with all these maximum speeds etc.

To run example:

roslaunch ros_qml ros_qml.launch qml_url:=`rospack find ros_qml`/examples/joypad.qml

The sliders control axes scaling factors from 0.0 to 1.0. A geometry_msgs/Twist message is published while the thumb position changes. Once the mouse button released the thumb goes back to center.

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