NAOqi DCM Driver

The hardware interface to connect to Nao, Romeo, and Pepper robots. This is the new version of nao_dcm_driver that is now common for all robots. You can control the robot either by calling DCM commands, or using ALMotion (by default). When calling DCM commands, you can achieve faster control frequency but it can make the robot shaking because of the concurrence between DCM and ALMotion. Especially when using DCM, please be careful and use it at your own risks.

What it does

The package allows to control a robot from ROS, while communicating with Naoqi. The package is inspired by nao_dcm_driver, however it does not require NAOqi SDK anymore and rather based on naoqi_libqi and naoqi_libqicore. The package is more generic, and it works with any of Nao, Romeo, and Pepper robots. It can run on a remote PC or locally on a robot (after compiling on OpenNAO VM, deploying to your robot, and using robot_ip:=127.0.0.1).

How to use

The package should be used via the following wrapper-packages depending on your robot (please, follow the links to get instructions on installation and usage):

• nao_dcm_bringup
• romeo_dcm_bringup
• pepper_dcm_bringup