baxter_tools

Useful operational and maintenance tools for use with the Baxter Research Robot from Rethink Robotics

Code & Tickets

Documentation http://sdk.rethinkrobotics.com/wiki

Issues https://github.com/RethinkRobotics/baxter_tools/issues

Contributions http://sdk.rethinkrobotics.com/wiki/Contributions ————— ———————————————————-

baxter_tools Repository Overview

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+-- scripts/              baxter operational/maintenance tools
|   +-- calibrate_arm.py
|   +-- camera_control.py
|   +-- enable_robot.py
|   +-- smoke_test.py
|   +-- tare.py
|   +-- tuck_arms.py
|   +-- update_robot.py
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+-- src/                  tool program classes
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+-- shared/               shared tools resources

Other Baxter Repositories

baxter https://github.com/RethinkRobotics/baxter

baxter_interface https://github.com/RethinkRobotics/baxter_interface

baxter_examples https://github.com/RethinkRobotics/baxter_examples

baxter_common https://github.com/RethinkRobotics/baxter_common ——————- ——————————————————-

Latest Release Information

http://sdk.rethinkrobotics.com/wiki/Release-Changes

1.2.0 (2015-12-21)

• Updated Smoke Test and Tuck Arms scripts for head pan speed range shift (before [0, 100], and now [0, 1.0])
• Updated ITB names for Navigators' name change

1.1.1 (2015-5-15)

• Migrates users from baxter_tools/update_robot.py to on-robot rethink-updater over ruser SSH session. See (http://sdk.rethinkrobotics.com/wiki/SSH_Update) for details

1.1.0 (2014-12-17)

• Updates baxter_tools for ROS Indigo (queue_size args for Publishers, using cv2 as OpenCV dependancy)
• Updates smoke_tests to use 64-bit Indigo Camera fix

1.0.0 (2014-5-1)

• Updates baxter_tools scripts to verify software version compatibility
• Updates update_robot adding instructions for attaching grippers before proceeding with update
• Fixes update_robot timeout for identifying available updates by increasing timeout to five seconds

0.7.0 (2013-11-21)

• Creation of baxter_tools repository from sdk-examples/tools.
• Package restructure in support of Catkin expected standards.
• Adds camera_control from previous location in baxter_examples.
• Adds check for grippers pre-tare/calibrate.
• Adds reset to camera_control tool. Useful when not all cameras enumerated at boot.
• Fixes tucks arms allowing for clean handling of interrupts and partial tucks.