ROS-Pioneer3DX-PS3Controller

Picture taken from: https://cyberbotics.com/doc/guide/pioneer-3dx

The goal of this project was to control a Pioneer3DX robot with a PS3 controller.

For this project, we run ROS on a Ubuntu development computer and connect to the Pioneer3DX with Rosaria. On the Ubuntu machine we also connect a PS3 controller.

Make sure you first configure your Pioneer 3DX and connect it to your Wifi network. Your development computer or onboard computer should also be on the same Wifi.

Getting Started

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/waseemhnyc/ROS-Pioneer3DX-PS3Controller

Move into the clone repo, build and source the project and then grant project.py the required permissions.

cd ROS-Pioneer3DX-PS3Controller
catkin_make
source devel/setup.bash
chmod +X src/project/scripts/project.py

Download and source (source devel/setup.bash) the following packages:

• Rosaria: https://github.com/amor-ros-pkg/rosaria

• Rosaria Client: https://github.com/pengtang/rosaria_client

• Joystick Drivers: https://github.com/ros-drivers/joystick_drivers

Now in separate terminals run the following:

Terminal 1:

roscore

Terminal 2:

rosrun rosaria RosAria __port:={IP_ADDRESS}:8101
rosrun rosaria RosAria __port:=192.168.0.1:8101

Terminal 3:

rosrun joy joy_node

Terminal 4:

rosrun project 3dx_joy_stick_controller

Questions or Get in Touch

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• Email: waseemh.nyc@gmail.com