Tutorials for the robotont platform

Table of Contents

1. Control your robotont using an Android device

How to control your robotont using an Android device

Description: This tutorial will walk you through how to control your robotont from an Android phone or tablet.

1. Download the control app from the Google Play Store.

• From your Android device, go to Google Play Store and install the ROS Control app.

2. WiFi setup

• Connect your Android device to the robotont's hotspot or the same network the robotont is connected to.

3. Prepare the robotont

• In order to start working with robotont, start its ROS driver on the on-board computer.
• Create an SSH-connection to your robotont (find the username, IP address, and password in your robotont's user guide):
  ssh username@robotont_IP_address
• From robotont_driver package, launch the basic driver launch file:
  roslaunch robotont_driver driver_basic.launch

4. Connecting your phone to robotont

• Open the ROS Control app on your phone.
• Add a new robot using the plus sign in the top right corner and give it a desired name.
• Insert the robotont's IP address into Master URI field by entering the following:
  http://robotont_IP_address:11311
• Click on "Show advanced options" in the prompted window and fill in "Joystick" and "Odometry" topic names with "robotont/cmd_vel" and "robotont/odom", respectively.
• Click OK to add the robot.
• Now you can select the robot from the list and teleoperate it using the touch joystick button.