Run Instructions

# Terminal 1
$ source ~/gecko_ws/devel/setup.bash
$ roscore

# Terminal 2
$ source ~/gecko_ws/devel/setup.bash
$ roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch

# Terminal 3
$ source ~/gecko_ws/devel/setup.bash
$ rosrun pcproxy pcproxy

# Terminal 4
$ source ~/gecko_ws/devel/setup.bash
$ rosrun showpc showpc

Installation

Prerequisites

Ubuntu 14.04

Install Ubuntu 14.04 on your computer. You can get the .iso from this website.

ROS Indigo

Install ROS Indigo on your computer. You can find installation instructions here.

Create a Workspace

In order to install this repository's code, as well as the camera driver, you need to create a Workspace.

$ sudo apt-get install python-catkin-tools
$ cd ~
$ mkdir gecko_ws
$ cd gecko_ws
$ mkdir src
$ catkin init

You should see a message stating that the workspace configuration is valid.

Openni V1 ROS Driver for Kinect V1

To install (Original Instructions if you encounter any issues):

$ sudo apt-get install libopenni0 libopenni-dev
$ cd ~/gecko_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/ros-drivers/openni_launch.git
$ git clone https://github.com/ros-drivers/openni_camera.git
$ catkin build

gecko_foyer

$ cd ~/gecko_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/wrobotics/gecko_foyer.git
$ catkin build

When catkin building this repository, you will get three warnings. These are expected, and do not affect the functionality of the code.