Generic Keyboard Teleop for ROS
Python
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Signed-off-by: Chris Lalancette <clalancette@osrfoundation.org>

README.md

teleop_twist_keyboard

Generic Keyboard Teleoperation for ROS

Launch

To run from Debian packages: /opt/ros/r2b2/lib/teleop_twist_keyboard/teleop_twist_keyboard

To run in a from-source workspace: ros2 run teleop_twist_keyboard teleop_twist_keyboard

Usage

This node takes keypresses from the keyboard and publishes them as Twist
messages. It works best with a US keyboard layout.
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Moving around:
   u    i    o
   j    k    l
   m    ,    .

For Holonomic mode (strafing), hold down the shift key:
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   U    I    O
   J    K    L
   M    <    >

t : up (+z)
b : down (-z)

anything else : stop

q/z : increase/decrease max speeds by 10%
w/x : increase/decrease only linear speed by 10%
e/c : increase/decrease only angular speed by 10%

CTRL-C to quit