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Run Interactions with Web Remocon
Description: shows start interactions via web remoconKeywords: pairing, robot app manager, remocon
Tutorial Level: INTERMEDIATE
Overview
This tutorial describes how to start robot apps via Web Remocon. It assumes that you have started rocon_app_manager with Pairing, previous tutorial.
Prerequisite
Installation
rosbridge_server is required to use for web interactions.
> sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-rosbridge-suite
Configure Interaction
This is interaction configuration for web interactions. It configures webapp to start, its role, paired app to be started in robot, and others. Please check Interaction Specification for more details. Example interactions are included in web.interactions in rocon_app_manager_tutorials.
1 ###############################################################################
2 # Web Pairing - to run/test these interactions see rocon_app_manager_tutorials
3 ###############################################################################
4
5 - name: web_url(http://wiki.ros.org/rocon_interactions)
6 role: 'Web URLs'
7 compatibility: rocon:/*/*/*/chrome|firefox|safari|opera|internet_explorer
8 display_name: Ros Wiki - Interactions
9 description: Documentation for rocon_interactions on the ros wiki
10 icon:
11 resource_name: rocon_bubble_icons/ros.png
12
13 - name: web_app(http://webapp.robotconcert.org/rocon_web_common/example/listener.html)
14 role: 'Web Apps'
15 compatibility: rocon:/*/*/hydro|indigo/chrome|firefox
16 display_name: Listener
17 description: Simple listener using rosjs in a web app.
18 icon:
19 resource_name: rocon_bubble_icons/rocon.png
20 parameters:
21 rosbridge_address: __ROSBRIDGE_ADDRESS__
22 rosbridge_port: __ROSBRIDGE_PORT__
23 remappings:
24 - remap_from: /chatter
25 remap_to: /babbler
26 pairing:
27 rapp: rocon_apps/talker
28 remappings:
29 - remap_from: chatter
30 remap_to: /babbler
Execution
1. You NEED rosbridge_server to use web remocon and interactions. The following command also starts rosbridge.
> roslaunch rocon_app_manager_tutorials web_pairing.launch --screen
2. Access Web Remocon(http://remocon.robotconcert.org)
3. Type in your rosbridge address. If it is default and you are opening browser with same PC, it is ws://localhost:9090.
4. Enjoy!
What's Next?
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