Master of Science in Robotics

Robot Web Tools with Baxter

Documented by Jarvis Schultz

August 29th, 2014

Check out the demo

Requirements

  • ros-hydro-ros-base (basic ROS installation)
  • ros-hydro-rosbridge-server (rosbridge_server)
  • mjpeg_server
  • Rethink Robotics Baxter robot
  • Properly configured workspace for Baxter robot

Overview

Demonstrate the capabilities of Robot Web Tools, particularly when interfacing it with Rethink Robotics' Baxter robot. The included demo contains code to publish a simple message to a ROS Topic, stream one of Baxter's camera feeds, and control Baxter's left arm, al via a web browser.