Setting Up joystick to control Pioneer 3-DX in ROS

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Step 1: Connect and setup joystick in Ubuntu

Since a joystick is an HID, once connected to the computer, it should come up as a device under /dev/input . Run dmesg or lsusb to check that the device has been detected. ls /dev/input shows that a new device js0 has appeared. This can be jsX for you, where X is some number.

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To test that the joystick is properly configured and working, we can use sudo jstest /dev/input/js0. This displays all the joystick and button data. Note: jstest is part of the joystick package and you may need to install joystick.


Step 2: Setup joy package in ROS and configure joy Node

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