Maintainer: Mirza A. Shah
Author: Mirza A. Shah
URL: https://github.com/mirzashah/shield_teleop
License: BSD

Overview

shield_teleop is an application for the nVidia SHIELD handheld gaming console. As the SHIELD is a 100% pure Android device, shield_teleop is an Android app. When the app starts running, it will begin publish sensor_msgs/Joy that mimic the messages produced by ps3_teleop on Ubuntu. The app all displays a video stream using image_transport's compressed image messages.

ROS API

shield_teleop

Subscribed Topics

• Any valid image_transport video stream which will be displayed in the main view

Published Topics

• Continuously publishes joystick messages representing SHIELD joystick state. Mimics PS3 controller.

Building

shield_teleop utilizes rosjava and the complimentary android_core packages in its implementation and requires them as a build dependency.

Command Line

 source ~/rosjava/devel/setup.bash
 mkdir -p ~/shield_teleop_ws/src
 cd ~/shield_teleop_ws/src
 catkin_create_android_repo
 git clone https://github.com/mirzashah/shield_teleop
 cd ~/shield_teleop
 catkin_make

Android Studio

1. Open Android Studio
2. Import project
3. Select ~/shield_teleop_ws/src
4. Select "shield_teleop" in dropdown menu
5. Hit "Play" button, this will build and attempt to upload to either device or emulator

== Running ==

1. On your device select "ROS SHIELD Teleop" from applications.
2. On startup, you'll be prompted for a ROS master, choose the one that's running on the robot.
3. You should be now publishing to topic /joy.
4. Run either pr2_joystick_teleop or turtlebot_joystick.