Spot ROS Computer Setup ======================= .. note:: This driver has only been fully tested up to SDK version 2.0.1. Any version after this may have unexpected behviour The ROS driver was created and tested on Kinetic and Melodic Setup Spot Core --------------- If you have a Spot Core, download the latest `Melodic ISO `_, set it up with `BalenaEtcher `_, and install it onto the Core If you are using a Jetson, follow the `Jetson Setup Instructions `_ Once your backpack PC is setup, all steps below are to be followed on that PC Installing Dependencies ----------------------- .. code:: bash sudo apt-key adv --keyserver 'hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80' --recv-key C1CF6E31E6BADE8868B172B4F42ED6FBAB17C654 sudo apt update sudo apt install ros-melodic-ros-base .. code:: bash sudo apt update sudo apt install -y python3-pip pip3 install cython pip3 install bosdyn-client bosdyn-mission bosdyn-api bosdyn-core Setup Networking ---------------- Replace the `/etc/network/interfaces` file with the one below .. code:: bash auto lo br0 br0:0 br0:1 iface lo inet loopback # Bridge together physical ports on machine, assign standard Clearpath Robot IP. iface br0 inet static bridge_ports regex (eth.*)|(en.*) address 192.168.131.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 bridge_maxwait 0 # Dedicated port for spot iface br0:0 inet static address 192.168.50.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 # Also seek out DHCP IP on those ports, for the sake of easily getting online, # maintenance, ethernet radio support, etc. iface br0:1 inet dhcp Building the Driver from Source ------------------------------- As the driver hasn't been released yet, it must be built from source. This requires a source workspace on the ROS PC. .. code:: bash mkdir -p ~/catkin_ws/src Setup the workspace so it knows about your ROS installation .. code:: bash cd ~/catkin_ws/src source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash catkin_init_workspace Clone the spot_ros repository into the workspace .. code:: bash cd ~/catkin_ws/src git clone https://github.com/clearpathrobotics/spot_ros.git git clone https://github.com/ros/geometry2 --branch 0.6.5 Use rosdep to install of the necessary dependencies .. code:: bash cd ~/catkin_ws/ rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -y Once all the necessary packages are installed, build the packages in the workspace .. code:: bash cd ~/catkin_ws/ catkin_make --cmake-args -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/python3 -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/python3.6m -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.6m.so Source your newly built workspace and the packages inside .. code:: bash source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash