rosbridge_stick

Control a ROS-based robot using rosbridge through a gamepad/joystick.

Tested with:

• Logitech F710 Gamepad
• Thrustmaster T.Flight Stick X

HTML steps

Set the master URL:

var ros = new ROSLIB.Ros({
  url : 'ws://192.168.12.20:9090'
});

Open the .html file with a browser (tested with Chrome).

Press any button if the output shows that joystick/gamepad is not being detected.

Python steps

roslibpy and inputs libraries needed.

sudo pip install roslibpy inputs 

Run the .py file.

Press any button if the output shows that joystick/gamepad is not being detected.

Logitech Gamepad use

Velocity commands are sent when A button is pressed and left joystick is used simultaneously.

Thrustmaster Joystick use

NOTE 1: On Windows PC, driver installation is needed https://support.thrustmaster.com/es/product/tflightstickx-es/ NOTE 2: PRESET button light must be red and PC/PS3 switch on PC mode.

Velocity commands are sent when 1 button is pressed and main joystick is used simultaneously.

Maximum velocity is increased/decreased through the THROTTLE button.

Based on:

JavaScript rosbridge The Standard ROS JavaScript Library - http://wiki.ros.org/roslibjs

JavaScript inputs HTML5 Gamepad API - https://w3c.github.io/gamepad/

Python rosbridge roslibpy: ROS Bridge library - https://roslibpy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Python inputs Python inputs - https://pypi.org/project/inputs/