This is a ROS metapackage for the ATI NET/FT box that is used to connect to ATI F/T sensor.
The master branch is compatible with:
- ROS Hydro
- ROS Indigo
- ROS Kinetic
Install curl manually:
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
Use the ROS node in the package as a stand-alone node for publishing F/T information. E.g.:
rosrun netft_control netft_node --address 192.168.1.1
The NET/FT box defaults to 192.168.1.1 as its ip address but this can be changed using the browser-based interface.
See a more detailed tutorial here: http://wiki.ros.org/netft_rdt_driver/Tutorials/RunningNetFTNode
For applications that require to read from the netft within ros-control, there is an implementation that uses a hardware_interface::ForceTorqueSensorInterface and a force_torque_sensor_controller::ForceTorqueSensorController.
For this, there are two convenient launch files:
roslaunch netft_control netft_ros_driver.launch ip:=192.168.1.1
roslaunch netft_control ros_controllers.launch