usb_cam

This repository is the drive for using usb camera in ros.

1. Prerequisites

1.1 Ubuntu and ROS

Ubuntu 64-bot 16.04 or 18.04 or 20.04. ROS Kinetic or Melodic or Noetic

sudo apt-get install ros-$DISTRO-camera-info-manager
sudo apt-get install ros-$DISTRO-image-transport
sudo apt-get install ros-$DISTRO-image-view

2. Build

Clone the repository and catkin_make:

cd ~/catkin_ws/src
git clone https://github.com/UF-ISE-HSE/usb_cam.git
cd ../
catkin_make
source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash

3. Parameters

Update the information in launch/usb_cam-test.launch

This descriptions of parameters can be found in this link usb_cam. Note: video_device should be same as the usb port in the computer, the default of the usb port is "/dev/video0". If the port is not the default, run

cd /dev

see which video is available.

4. Run

roslaunch usb_cam usb_cam-test.launch

The output topic name of the image information is "/usb_cam/image_raw".