Linux system environment
The system comes with Ubuntu (V-20.04) system when leaving the factory, with a built-in development environment. There is no need to set up and manage it. Just update the mercury_x1_ros package.
mercury_x1_ros is a ROS1 package launched by Elephant Robot for its Mercury X1 series robotic arms.
ROS1 Project address: http://github.com/elephantrobotics/mercury_x1_ros
Robotic arm API driver library address: https://github.com/elephantrobotics/pymycobot
1 Update the mercury_ros package
In order to ensure that users can use the latest official packages in a timely manner, you can enter the /home/er/ folder through the file manager, open the ROS1 environment terminal, and then run the update command:
# Clone the code on github
git clone https://github.com/elephantrobotics/mercury_x1_ros.git # Please check the attention section below before deciding whether to execute this command
cd ~/catkin_ws # Back to work area
catkin_make # Build the code in the workspace
source devel/setup.bash # add environment variable
Note: If the mercury_x1_ros folder already exists in the /home/er directory, you need to delete the original mercury_x1_ros first and then execute the above command. Among them, er in the directory path is the user name of the system. If there are any inconsistencies, please modify them.
So far, the ROS1 environment construction has been completed.You can learn the basics of ROS or ROS use cases.