crackle

Contextual Robotics Arm for Knowledge Learning and Exploration

Setup

You should only run ros commands in some form on Linux installation. Either WSL, a dual boot Ubuntu 22.04, or a docker container.

• If you have a dual boot Ubuntu 22.04 or WSL: Install ROS2 humble from ROS2 Humble Tutorials
• if you plan on using a docker container (Check FAQs for more information), first make a folder using mkdir eclair and cd into the folder using cd eclair and then run the following commands normally.

You need to make a workspace for your project. We will call this folder "crackle_ws" and we will CD into this folder.

mkdir crackle_ws

cd crackle_ws

Make an "src" folder to put your code in, then clone the repo inside the folder.

mkdir src

cd src

git clone --recursive [email protected]:ECLAIR-Robotics/crackle.git

Start the docker container

• copy Dockerfile and Makefile such that they are in the same level as the crackle_ws folder. Something like this image
• Open terminal such that you are now in the same level as the Dockerfile and the Makefile and run docker build -t crackle:humble . This will take some time, grab a coffee ☕ or look at something in distance for the time being
• Run make docker to enter the terminal inside your docker container

FAQs

1. How do I know if I have to use a Docker container?

• You will need it if you don't have ros2 humble installed and are using Windows or MacOS.