The TurtleBot arm is a low-cost arm that you can build and mount on the TurtleBot to give it some basic manipulation capabilities.
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Documentation
Hardware Tutorials
Assembling the TurtleBot Arm Tutorial - Bill of materials and instructions on how to assemble the hardware for the TurtleBot arm.
Software Setup Tutorials
Installation Instructions - Instructions for installing the turtlebot_arm stack and dependencies.
Setting Up TurtleBot Arm Servos - Instructions for numbering the Dynamixel servos correctly.
Applications and Demo Tutorials
Calibrating a Kinect to the TurtleBot arm - A tutorial explaining how to calibrate the physical position of a kinect to the arm for more precise manipulation.
Arm interactive markers - controlling the arm through rviz.
Block Manipulation Demo - A tutorial for setting up a demo to move small blocks around a surface using the arm.
Hardware Tutorials
Assembling the TurtleBot Arm Tutorial - Bill of materials and instructions on how to assemble the hardware for the TurtleBot arm.
Software Setup Tutorials
Installation Instructions - Instructions for installing the turtlebot_arm stack and dependencies.
Setting Up TurtleBot Arm Servos - Instructions for numbering the Dynamixel servos correctly.
Applications and Demo Tutorials
Calibrating a Kinect to the TurtleBot arm - A tutorial explaining how to calibrate the physical position of a kinect to the arm for more precise manipulation.
Configure your arm to use MoveIt! - A tutorial explaining how to (re)run the MoveIt! Setup Assistant to accommodate any particularity of your robot arm.
Start playing with your arm and MoveIt! - A tutorial with examples of using your turtlebot_arm with MoveIt! framework.
Report a Bug
Use GitHub to report bugs or submit feature requests. [View active issues]
Limitations
Kinetic release is pending on arbotix_ros release.