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Launching the robot arm

Nathan John edited this page Aug 26, 2016 · 3 revisions
  1. Every time you start working with the robot, you should disconnect it from charging at the wall. Find the white connector from the battery charger and disconnect the battery. Please detach by holding the connectors only, and don't pull the connection apart using the wires as they may break off.
  2. Start the laptop and login
  3. Turn on the arm and home it pressing the green button
  4. Turn on the base pushing the green button first and then the yellow button
  5. Open a new terminal and run:
    roslaunch segbot_arm_launch xtion.launch
  6. Check in a separate terminal if the xtion topics are running:
    rostopic list | grep "xtion"
  7. Then launch the arm running: roslaunch segbot_arm_launch segbot_v2.arm.launch
  8. Look in rviz to insure that no errors have occurred and localize the robot
  9. Check if the arm is back drive able by pushing it to see if it launched correctly
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