Software

LCSR Forks

There are numerous software packages which we have forked pending approved pull requests. All of the public forks can be found on the jhu-lcsr-forks GitHub page. Instructions for using various frameworks are linked below:

  • OROCOS
  • Gazebo
MATLAB Custom ROS Messages
  • Make sure you have MATLAB R2015a with the robotics toolbox installed.
  • Now, you must install the Robotics System Toolbox Interface for ROS Custom Messages. In MATLAB, call:
roboticsSupportPackages

Select the “ROS Custom Messages” entry, and follow the installation instructions.

  • Specify the path to the src folder of your catkin workspace and call:
rosgenmsg('path_to_your_ws/src')

to create custom messages for MATLAB.

  • Follow the instructions outputted in the command window.
  • Restart MATLAB and verify that the custom messages were generated by calling:
rosmsg list