Nao Button Sim

This packages provides a simple way to simulate button presses on the NAO from a command line. This is useful when you cannot physically press the button on the robot, such as when:

• working with simulated robots
• working with a real robot in a location far away

The package simply converts key presses to nao_lola_sensor_msgs/msg/Buttons and publishes it on /sensors/buttons at the rate specified by the frequency parameter (default: 50Hz)

Installing

In your ROS2 workspace,

git clone git@github.com:ijnek/nao_button_sim.git src/nao_button_sim
rosdep install --from-paths src
colcon build

Running the Button Simulator

In a new terminal, run:

ros2 run nao_button_sim nao_button_sim

If you see your terminal getting spammed, increase the width of your terminal window, or zoom out (Ctrl and -) a couple of times, to ensure the terminal window is at least 110 characters wide. Once the spamming stops, kill the node (Ctrl + C), and rerun it.

To simulate a button press, click on a key specified in the assigned keys list below:

---------  Assigned Keys  ---------
G - Chest button
C - Left Foot Bumper Left
V - Left Foot Bumper Right
B - Right Foot Bumper Left
N - Right Foot Bumper Right

The program provides visual feedback for which buttons are being pressed. The word “Pressed” will show in the corresponding column, as shown below:

---------------------------------------  BUTTON PRESS STATUS  ---------------------------------------

|     Chest (G)     | LFoot BumperL (C) | LFoot BumperR (V) | RFoot BumperL (B) | RFoot BumperR (N) |
=====================================================================================================
|      Pressed      |                   |                   |      Pressed      |                   |

Multiple keys can be pressed at the same time.

Published Topics

• /sensors/buttons (nao_lola_sensor_msgs/msg/Buttons)

Parameters

• frequency (int, default=50)

Changelog for package nao_button_sim

1.0.1 (2024-04-20)

• update iron CI to use iron branch
• Contributors: ijnek

1.0.0 (2023-08-03)

• Migrate from nao_sensor_msgs to nao_lola_sensor_msgs (#5)
• Contributors: Kenji Brameld

0.1.1 (2022-02-07)

• Update README.md
• port everything across from naosoccer_sim
• Contributors: Kenji Brameld, ijnek

0.1.0 (2021-08-14)

0.0.2 (2021-07-20 15:11)

• fixed up package dependency
• Contributors: Kenji Brameld

0.0.1 (2021-07-20 14:54)

• add package description for nao_button_sim
• fix packages broken from moving from ros2 foxy to galactic
• improve nao_button_sim interface
• was missing a slash in xml...
• specify license type
• comply with ament tests
• add copyright statements
• add frequency parameter to nao_button_sim
• add nao_button_test as a apython package
• Contributors: Kenji Brameld