I've just started working with ROS and I'm working through the beginner's tutorial. I am using Ubuntu 11.10. I'm at "Understanding ROS Topics"1.1.2 and when I implement rosrun turtlesim turtle_teleop_key the turtle won't move around with my arrow keys. Is there anything I need to do to set my keys so they will run the turtle?
Thanks, Gene
Originally posted by GenePSmith on ROS Answers with karma: 61 on 2011-12-21
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Hi, The terminal which has
rosrun turtlesim turtle_teleop_key
running should be the active window on the desktop for it to drive the robot. I think this is what is missed. If not you have to post the changes if any that you made or any error that you are getting.
Hope this helps, Karthik
Originally posted by karthik with karma: 2831 on 2011-12-21
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Thanks for the answers. It turns out, as I discovered about 15 minutes after I posted the request that I kept making the turtle terminal the active window and not the "turtle_teleop_key" terminal window. When I made the "turtle_teleop_key" terminal active everything worked fine.
Originally posted by GenePSmith with karma: 61 on 2011-12-22
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