Description

This package allows ROS interface with the Novint Falcon Device.

Authors

Steven Martin:

Adnan Munawar: amunawar@wpi.edu

Dependencies

Tested on ROS Hydro, Indigo and Melodic.

Download and install the drivers from:

https://github.com/libnifalcon/libnifalcon

Make sure to install them in addition to building them.

Make sure udev permissions are set correctly. In Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 and 18.04

roscd ros_falcon

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

unplug - replug falcon

Known Issues:

Error while loading shared libraries: libnifalcon.so.1.0.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Try running sudo ldconfig