Only released in EOL distros:
Package Summary
The biotac_sensors package wraps Syntouch's BioTac / Cheetah C libraries for use with ROS. The object of this package is to continuously collect and publish data read from the BioTac sensors through the Cheetah USB/SPI device.
- Maintainer: Francisco Vina <fevb AT kth DOT se>
- Author: Ian McMahon <imcmahon AT grasp.upenn DOT edu>
- License: BSD
- Source: git https://github.com/kth-ros-pkg/biotac_driver.git (branch: groovy)
Package Summary
The biotac_sensors package wraps Syntouch's BioTac / Cheetah C libraries for use with ROS. The object of this package is to continuously collect and publish data read from the BioTac sensors through the Cheetah USB/SPI device.
- Maintainer: Francisco Vina <fevb AT kth DOT se>
- Author: Ian McMahon <imcmahon AT grasp.upenn DOT edu>
- License: BSD
- Source: git https://github.com/kth-ros-pkg/biotac_driver.git (branch: hydro)
Installation
Cheetah USB dev rules
In order to be able to read the Biotac data via the Cheetah SPI-USB board you first have to copy the udev rules
1. Download the Cheetah SPI board drivers tp-usb-drivers-v2.10.zip from http://www.totalphase.com/products/cheetah_spi/
2. Unzip the folder
unzip tp-usb-drivers-v2.10.zip
3. Copy the udev rules
sudo cp tp-usb-drivers-v2.10/linux/99-totalphase.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
Please look at the biotac_driver metapackage page for more detailed installation instructions.
Reading the Biotacs in ROS
roscore rosrun biotac_sensors biotac_pub
Please look at the biotac_driver metapackage page for more detailed instructions on how to read data from the Biotac sensors in ROS.
