TerMITes ROS

This package gets the data sent from terMITes and sends it to the ROS system.

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What are terMITes

TerMITes are embedded devices created by Carson Smuts at MIT Media Lab

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How to run the node

You will have to install the serial library for Python:

user@machine:~$ sudo pip install pyserial

Create a catkin workspace and paste the folder:

user@machine:~$ mkdir -p catkin_ws/src && cd catkin_ws/src
user@machine:~/catkin_ws/src$ git clone https://github.com/yagoliz/termites_ros.git
user@machine:~/catkin_ws/src$ cd .. && catkin_make

If it compiles without errors, open a terminal and start a roscore:

user@machine:~$ roscore

On another terminal run:

user@machine:~$ rosrun termites_ros termite_control.py

To check if it's working, you can open a third terminal and run:

user@machine:~$ rostopic echo /termite

Notes to open the serial

The hardware_rule folder contains intructions on ow to set the udev rules for the terMITe