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I installed ros kinetic but it says there's no file directory for bash electric

I installed Ros KInetic, using ubunto 16.04 But now everytime I open the terminal there's bash: /opt/ros/electric/setup.bash: No such file or directory and ...
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i cant install ros electric

hi ! i have problem . i cant install ros electric . i have ububntu 14.05 . sudo apt-get install ros-electric-desktop-full i have this error : you have held broken package i cant fix this error. please ...
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ImportError: No module named sip

It was working a few months ago and I have not touched ROS since. I am using ROS electric and Ubuntu 10.04, and I am following the tutorials on how to make ROS work with Legos NXT. When I type ...
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Ros NXT question

Hi, I am very very new in Ros and I want to connect a NXT robot. My question is do i need to install Ros and Ros-NXT or is ROS-NXT-Electric enough? I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 on a VM. Thanks for your time....
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Can I move built package frome one machine to other?

Hi! I have a problem with working in a virtual machine of ROS Electric, which is running on Ubuntu 10.04. It does not want to compile any nodes, written in C++ code. So I wonder if I can create the ...
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Permission Denied

I am on Ubuntu 10.04 and I have ROS Electric installed. I am following these instructions and I am on Step 3 (Generating the URDF): http://wiki.ros.org/nxt_lxf2urdf/Tutorials/Creating%20a%20simple%...
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XTion does not match devices found on openni.launch

I am trying to run the ASUS Xtion pro on eletric Ubuntu 10.04. Long story short, it was working initially and then all my openni drivers got wiped, so reinstalled the drivers using the wiki. Now when ...
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Connection timed out installing openni_kinect on electric

I have been following the wiki tutorial regarding setting up openni_kinect on electric ubuntu 10.04 I am up to step 2.2 with the ubuntu installation and have tried ...
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A package made for lower than Hydro(catkin) distribution, can be used in Hydro?

I want to simulate any robot on Gazebo and stage for understanding both simulators.. But most of the tutorials/packages I found is for Groovy, fuerte ,Electric of Diamondback. Can I use these ? Or I ...
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who can help me with a tutorial of rosbuild for ros electric

i need a turtorial of rosbuild for ros electric, idon't want change ros version for hydro, fuerte ... i want work in ros electric thanks Originally posted by SEBASSALSA on ROS Answers with karma: 16 ...
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Version of Ubuntu and ROS for NXT and Turtlebot2

I am working on a configuration for my fall AI/Robotics undergraduate course. I would like to find the best version of Ubuntu and ROS for use on both NXT and Turtlebot2. Here is my problem: Currently ...
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sensor_msgs::CvBridge or cv_bridge in hydro

Hi, During adaptation from Electric to Hydro, I find that sensor_msgs::CvBridge is gone. Using cv_bridge doesn't work either. Looking through the wiki doesn't really help much. Any clue on how to get ...
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reuse of old packages with catkin

Hi, I have a few packages that were created using roscreate-pkg under Electric. Now, due to the use of other hardware (armhf) and driver availability, I have to use Hydro. Since this uses catkin ...
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Kinect "no device connected" error in openni.launch after openni-dev package upgrade

Hi, I'm using turtlebot on ROS electric on ubuntu 11.04. The openni-dev package was recently updated from version 1.1.0.41~natty to 1.3.2.1-4~natty2. After this update, the openni.launch process gives ...
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capturing camera in electric and groovy

Hi, I need to change my code for capturing images from electric to groovy and find that CvBridge has gone. Finding http://answers.ros.org/question/9765/how-to-convert-cvmat-to-sensor_msgsimageptr/?...
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Problems installing NXT-ROS on Raspberry Pi

Hi I am currently working on a project where I need to control a small robot with an android app via bluetooth. Since the app will later be developed for a bigger robot that uses an ROS running ...
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Cant install ros electric from source (URL is not available)

Hello, I think the "packages.ros.org/cgi-bin/gen_rosinstall.py" file is missing and as such I am unable to install ros electric through source. Could someone please put it back up? -Brian ...
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Installing both Fuerte and Electric

Hi everybody, I'm getting crazy with ROS/Ubuntu versions, on my laptop I installed Ubuntu 11.10 because I had to work on a university project written for ROS Electric, now (for another exam) I should ...
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Installing perception_pcl_unstable in ROS Electric on Ubuntu 11.10

Hi everybody, I need to install this stack for a university project: https://github.com/tum-vision/dvo/tree/electric#installation, and it is required to install perception_pcl_unstable. I googled it ...
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ROS not finding installed dependency, 'python-serial'

I'm attempting to install the 'dynamixel_controllers' package. I have pulled own via the svn and am attempting to 'rosmake'. I receive this error ...
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Difficulty moving from electric to groovy - bullet issues

Hi, I'm trying to upgrade a system from electric to groovy. Unfortunately, I'm getting stuck since the codebase uses btQuaternion. The short version though is, I can't find the migration script ...
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Moving Turtlebot to a goal without a map

Hi there! We're two newbies. We installed Ros Electric on a pc acer aspire 5740g running Ubuntu Lucid 10.04. Our task is to move Turtlebot giving vocal commands. We're doing it writing publishers and ...
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Using ROS publish kinect RGB and depth data

Hello everyone, my desktop is ubuntu 11.10 ROS Fuerte version. My turtlebot is ROS Electric version. I want to use turtlebot get kinect combined RGB and depth data. The data was then sent via wireless ...
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[Turtlebot] Turtlebot doesn't walk in a straight line

Hi All, I was fiddling my turtlebot today and I found something a bit surprising... It doesn't actually go in a straight line!! I was running the .cpp script from turtlebot_teleop (yep, I made ...
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fail to install rgbdslam on electric

i have used rgbdslamlink text on furete . recently,i install rgbdslamlink text on turtlebot.but failed. when i type :rosmake --rosdep-install rgbdslam the error message is :the svn: OPTIONS ...
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How to stream the /camera/rgb/image_color from Kinect to another workstation

Hello, I have a laptop connected to a Turtlebot with a Kinect. I have been able to get the live video of the kinect through rviz. I also am able to connect from another machine to the laptop via ssh. ...
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Problem with rosbuild workspace in Groovy

Hi, I'm trying to migrate from Electric to Groovy (Ubuntu 11.10, 64bit). Trying to setup rosbuild workspace for my old packages using this tutorial. But getting some weird error: ...
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starting get_link_state topic?

Using Electric and assuming you can only subscribe to a topic or use it as a serviceClient if it is visible using "rostopic echo", which launcher should I use to see /gazebo/get_link_state? ...
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Octomap slows down the gazebo simulation, is there anyway to speed up

Hi all: I am working with mobile manipulator in simulations for which I am using ROS electric, gazebo, octomap_mapping (version sometime released in June 2012), and my ubuntu OS is 10.10. Point cloud ...
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publishers priority

Hi everyone! Is there the possibility to give different priorities to publishers which publish on the same topic? For example I want to teleoperate my robot, so there is a node for teleoperation that ...
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RoboEarth rosmake error (updated)

(version 1) Ubuntu 10.04; ROS Electric; rosmake roboearth gives error. This problem cannot be solved even by downgrading the svn. (version 2) Hence, I upgraded my system to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS; ROS ...
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Python code for sending navigation goal to TurtleBot

I would like to write a Class Navi in Python that loads a known yaml map, runs amcl and move_base to move the TurtleBot to the goal. I know I can do it with rviz, but I want to do it using Python ...
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Tag Recognition with Kinect

Today, it is still very challenging to do object recognition in real time while the robot and the object are both moving. Hence, I am thinking of putting some special red/green tags on the target ...
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TurtleBot Kinect object recognition package

I would like to use Kinect to recognize 2 objects (book, table), 2 people (adult and child), and 2 postures (stand or sit). I am confused about OpenCV, OpenNI, PCL, TOD and many things like that. Do I ...
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TurtleBot navigation package

(1) When I follow the tutorial to use the 2D Nav Goal in Rviz for TurtleBot, what navigation package is running (e.g. amcl_demo or move_base or what)? (2) What is the most advanced autonomous ...
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TurtleBot Kinect Problem

I am following the tutorial "Visualizing TurtleBot Kinect Data", but I cannot see the data from camera... roslaunch turtlebot_bringup kinect.launch it gives: ...
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Which is the better ros distro for ubuntu 11.10

Hi, Which is the better ros distro (groovy/electric/fuerte) for ubuntu 11.10 for a biginner? Originally posted by unais on ROS Answers with karma: 313 on 2013-03-05 Post score: 1
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Smoothly watching through TurtleBot Kinect camera

It seems that the visualization tools such as rviz take a lot of computational resources. Actually I just want to watch through the Kinect camera (see what TurtleBot sees) but I don't need other fancy ...
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cannot run rviz for TurtleBot

When I run rosrun rviz rviz I received the following ...
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robot_state_publisher

when i m installing robot_model pkg but robot_state_publisher is not installing.....everything is installed but robot_state_publisher is not installing in electric... Originally posted by rajanseeker ...
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How to implement a IRsensor plugin gazebo ros

Hi I'm using ROS electric and I want to simulate an IRSensor in Gazebo. I've found a tutorial about creating new plugins but it works only for Fuerte. Anyone can help me to understand how to create a ...
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How does roslaunch determine a remote node's hostname? Can it be overridden?

I've come across a hostname problem in the process of trying to set up the launch of a remote node in a pair of computers using mdns. It appears that the uri of the remote node at some point is re-...
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shadow_hand spawn on gazebo electric don't move

hi, i have an haptic glove, and im using it to move the fingers of the shadow hand spawn on gazebo electric. first i was working on fuerte and doesn't a problem all was good, but i have to down to ...
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deformable objects on gazebo (ROS)

i see tht the nwe version is available but i wnat to know if the deformable physics is on it. and if this version can work with ros. Thnks Originally posted by monidiaz on Gazebo Answers with karma: ...
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image_pipeline svn no longer exists on server

I'm trying to svn checkout image_pipeline using the link the ros wiki suggests, but the server is not responding. I am using electric and need a svn source for image_pipeline. Can anyone tell me why ...
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how to install shadow_hand in ros electric?

Hey, Do you know how to install the shadow hand in the roslectric with ubuntu 11.10, i look for it but the installation is for the fuerte.. any idea? EDIT ...
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Problem using Gazebo with ROS

I'm developing a node which controls the navigation of a p3dx equipped with a laser rangefinder. I'm simulating the navigation in Gazebo and also in rviz, to see the ranges detected by the laser. But ...
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How to prevent launch shutdown on single remote connection failure? (required="true" not working)

I have a launch set up that includes two separate other launch files which are run on other machines. Those launch files have nodes with attribute ...
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Subscriber::shutdown() required to be called manually on destruction?

TL;DR Is calling Subscriber::shutdown() explicitly required to prevent callbacks from being called after object destruction? TS;DU (too short, didn't understand) I've recently been doing some work ...
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Can't find Point Grey Camera in a new virtual machine

Hello, I have used POINT GREY FIREFLY MV FMVU-13S2C digital camera to work on Ubuntu 10.04 and ros electric(I am gonna call it VM1) and it worked very well. But when I install another virtual machine (...
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