Tutorials for the robotont platform

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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.