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Subscribe to actions on keyboard (press key)

asked 2018-07-02 07:30:06 -0600

Rick
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updated 2018-07-02 07:36:41 -0600

Hi,
I want to receive messages in ROS that tell me which key was pressed on a keyboard that is connected with the PC. I found several examples for other input devices and also some of them treated the keyboard but just with the up and down arrows. Could you tell me if there is a way to receive also messages when the other keys were pressed (like a letter)? Are there preinstalled nodes/programmes?

With best regards,
Rick

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answered 2018-07-02 08:11:41 -0600

josephcoombe

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updated 2018-07-02 11:42:38 -0600

You'll want to write:

a keyboard publisher node that publishes key-presses as strings
- e.g. this one: https://github.com/ros-teleop/teleop_...
a subscriber node that subscribes to the key-presses topic.

(or you could handle it all in one script, but this is a more elegant approach)

Also, see these related answers: https://answers.ros.org/question/6349...

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Ok, thank you for your answer.

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