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Overview

A small GUI for checking the status of your Kobuki and access some of its basic functionalities (e.g. LEDs).

Usage

1. Fire up Kobuki and launch the minimal configuration in a new terminal

$ roslaunch kobuki_node minimal.launch

2. To start the dashboard execute the below in a separate terminal.

$ rosrun kobuki_dashboard kobuki_dashboard

3. Play with it!

The kobuki_dashboard is also part of the turtlebot_dashboard. In order to get the battery statuses, you need to launch the minimal configuration of TurtleBot.