RoboMaker Pro kit missing source files ROS 2 not working

robohkr

Hi,

I bought this up squared RoboMaker Pro Kit in order to learn ROS 2.
https://up-board.org/up-squared-robomaker-pro-kit/

I encountered some problems with missing source code and documentation and when I tried to contact the maintainer listed for the hamster_driver package, the email bounced back.

It seems that the kit was actually built and tested for ROS 1 and then patched to work with ROS 2. This is clear from the installation script which installs both ROS1 & ROS2 and associated packages here: https://wiki.cogni.io/Category:HamsterProKit#3rd_party_things_need_to_know_to_work_with_kit

I modified the script to download just the ROS 2 portions (I can send it to you if that's helpful) and then tried to colcon build the downloaded hamster2_ws workspace, however the hamster_driver package failed due to missing source files:

• driver_test.cpp
• hamster_driver_node.cpp
  The package actually contains no source (src) folder/files. There is only a launch folder. I also checked in the ROS1 workspace hamster_ws but the files aren't there either.

1. Could someone send me a link to the source code needed to build the driver code for RoboMakerPro on ROS 2?
2. I would like to at least get teleoperation working so that I can move on to testing Nav2 on the platform. Please send the necessary files for this.
3. The documentation is extremely lean: https://wiki.cogni.io/Category:HamsterProKit/Ros2Example so it seems like the videos on the advert are from ROS 1

robohkr

Anybody know where to find ROS 2 drivers for this kit?

garyw

@robohkr
you can following below guide to easy setup your kit, it's support ros2 already.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/documentation/ei4amr-2022-3-developer-guide/top/tutorials-amr/wandering-with-aaeon-robotkit.html