Implementing a cartesian controller for teleoperation

asked 2016-11-08 05:06:47 -0600

ZainMehdi
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Hi, I plan to implement a cartesian controller for controlling 7 dof arm via some haptic device. I found JT cartesian controller in pr2_mechanisms package that could be utilized for this purpose. But since ros_control is a rewrite of pr2 packages I was wondering if there is such package in ros control which could be utilized for this purpose. Is there something in moveit that could be utilized or I have to implement all from scratch using KDL.

answered 2016-11-08 20:01:08 -0600

JoshMarino
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updated 2016-11-14 18:19:26 -0600

From my understanding with ROS control, you send a goal state and the controller does the rest.

MoveIt! creates a collision free trajectory when planning and can be executed through the ROS controller. Within MoveIt! you can specify Cartesian paths, joint goal positions, or Cartesian goal poses.

Edit: It sounds like you would want a position_controller then. With this you are able to send joint position commands and/or trajectories. You will have to use MoveIt! in between to convert from Cartesian positions to joint positions. Also have the option of connecting actual robot to ROS controller or one in simulation.

There are a few tutorials out there for adding a ROS controller to your URDF.

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thnx for response but I am really not sure how will i go about it .. Trying different stuff at the moment .

ZainMehdi ( 2016-11-13 06:39:26 -0600 )edit

Do you know how you want to map the haptic device to control the 7 DOF arm yet?

JoshMarino ( 2016-11-13 15:19:48 -0600 )edit

Josh I am currently planning to extract the cartesian coordinates of the Haptic device's end effector (I already did that using SDK) and then use those as commands to cartesian space controller. Now I am not sure how to use ros_control to write custom controller of my own.

ZainMehdi ( 2016-11-14 01:51:27 -0600 )edit

Is there any such feature on moveit ? or do I need to use old controller like pr2_mechanism etc. I decided to implement my own stuff using KDL but for some reason kdl parser never works like I mentioned here

ZainMehdi ( 2016-11-14 01:54:19 -0600 )edit

Thnx again. Actually its torque controller I want to implement. But your tutorial can be a starting point. I will start implementation and will ask if anything comes up. I will also try to update my experience for future users.

ZainMehdi ( 2016-11-15 03:46:50 -0600 )edit

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