Description

This package allows ROS to interface with Novint Falcon and expose the device parameters via rostopics.

Author

Steven Martin:

Adnan Munawar: amunawar@wpi.edu

Dependencies

Tested on ROS Hydro and Indigo.

Download and install libnifalcon

https://github.com/libnifalcon/libnifalcon

Make sure udev permissions are set correctly. In ubunut 14.04

roscd ros_falcon

sudo cp udev_rules/99-udev-novint.rules /etc/udev/rules.d

unplug - replug falcon

Usage

Run any binary in the src folder using rosrun ros_falcon (binary name) then expose topics using rostopic list