Weekly Journals
May 19-23 2014 WEEK ONE
This week was all about getting settled in and setting up my work station. I got my assignment Monday, which is to work on the software of the Calliope2SP . My goal is to take the ROS packages, build them to make sure I can operate the robot, and make a user friendly tutorial. I had a little trouble with downloading the correct version of Ubuntu which was compatible with my help in ROS.org. I finally got my work station set up with Ubuntu 12.4, after trying versions 14 and 13. I began reading journals and watching tutorials. I got my I.D. card and toured the campus Friday.
May 26-30, 2014 WEEK TWO
Monday was Memorial Day, I got a day off! This week I began the beginner’s tutorials using ROS Hydro in Ubuntu and started working on my website. We had a conference call Thursday, regarding iAAMCS, and to prepare I figured out how to installed Adobe Flash Player in Ubuntu. I became a little frustrated Friday with the tutorial. I can’t seem to figure out why my publisher is not communicating with my subscriber when sending messages. Yes, I googled, and others were having that same problem and couldn’t figure it out either. Arrggghhh. It’s all good, I’ll start again Monday.
June 2-6, 2014 WEEK THREE
Yea! I figured out why my subscriber wasn't responding. I was trying to run it in the same terminal after I ran my publisher. Duh! I needed to open a new terminal and while the publisher is running, run the subscriber. I continued with my tutorials and by Tuesday I could create my own package with catkin_make or manually. I then started researching the Calliope2SP. The project that I have is to make a tutorial or user guide for high school students or undergrads using ROS, in Linux, to operate the Calliope2SP. The Calliope has been operated through the Dynamixel Commander in Windows. Thursday, Dr. Anderson thought that I was ready to start working with the Calliope. Exciting! I first need to see how it works in Windows with the Dynamixel Commander (DC), and guess what, the DC is not responding. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, to no avail. What a bummer. Friday, I tried all kinds of things to make it work even adding the bin folder in the executable files. Back to the drawing board. Lol.
June 9-13, 2014 WEEK FOUR
I decided to try to build Dynamixel Commander Packages in ROS. Way harder than I thought! Okay, I am determined to see how this robot moves. Yea! I finally was able to get the Dynamixel Commander to work in Windows. It's pretty cool to move the Calliope, and I was able to get the addresses of the motors. I can focus now on getting Calliope packages in ROS to move the robot. I started perusing the files that I was given on previous work of the Calliope, in ROS by Connor. I should be able to build upon his work, see if I can make the robot move, and write the tutorial. Thank God for researchers! I don't have to start at the beginning!
June 16-20, 2014 WEEK FIVE
I studied the files that I have, and did a lot of googling. I am trying to catkin_make, in my workspace, but I keep getting a lot of errors. Seems like I am going backward. So frustrating. I am taking one step at a time. Building one file at a time. Wow! Finally! Thursday I ran catkin_make with no errors! Now what lol? Again, doing a lot of googling lol. I guess I need to figure out how to test.
June 23-27, 2014 WEEK SIX
I realized that I did not have it going on as much as I thought I did. I had removed some files and saw that I needed them in order to test. When I put the files back, catkin_make failed. This week I learned a lot of Linux programming through trial and error. I am stuck on the same error message that I can't seem to figure out. I even registered with ROS answers and sent my error question out, since every question and answer that may have pertained to my situation did not work. I like that site. A group of high school teachers came by the lab for a tour. The other DREU student and I was asked to say a few words on how we became interested in computer science. We were asked to give our testimony in the video that is being filmed in a couple of weeks for high schools. We are stars in the making.
June 30-July 4, 2014 WEEK SEVEN
This was a short week for me. I got past the error message though, only to encounter another one. So, I'm still troubleshooting. I had death in my family, so I left a couple of days before the 4th (The funeral was on the 3rd).
July 7-11, 2014 WEEK EIGHT
We had to two groups of (students interested in technology and engineering, SITE), MONDAY. It was very interesting talking with high school students. I was able to get the Calliop2SP operating in Linux. I need to get it operating in ROS using these packets that I have, but while building, I keep getting an error message that I can't seem to find the answer for. Sooooo frustrating. Where did this week go? It's already Thursday afternoon and since I am at a standstill, I decided to start on my poster until Dr. Anderson can look at my workspace and help. I wrote my abstract and my Introduction. What a job! LOL.
July 14-18, 2014 WEEK NINE
Monday we had SITEs again. I hope that I was able to encourage someone to Computer Science. I worked on my report this week, and of course worked on my project. I made a website for my tutorial, calliope2sptutorial.weebly.com. Wow, only one more week left.
July 21-25, 2014 WEEK TEN
This was our last Monday for SITEs. I revised my report and finished my poster. We had a tour of high school students come to the robotics lab Thursday. I finally got that last error message fixed! I didn't have SDK installed. I didn't have time to play with the robot, but at least I got the workspace built! I can’t believe it’s been ten weeks! I really enjoyed working with Dr. Anderson.
This week was all about getting settled in and setting up my work station. I got my assignment Monday, which is to work on the software of the Calliope2SP . My goal is to take the ROS packages, build them to make sure I can operate the robot, and make a user friendly tutorial. I had a little trouble with downloading the correct version of Ubuntu which was compatible with my help in ROS.org. I finally got my work station set up with Ubuntu 12.4, after trying versions 14 and 13. I began reading journals and watching tutorials. I got my I.D. card and toured the campus Friday.
May 26-30, 2014 WEEK TWO
Monday was Memorial Day, I got a day off! This week I began the beginner’s tutorials using ROS Hydro in Ubuntu and started working on my website. We had a conference call Thursday, regarding iAAMCS, and to prepare I figured out how to installed Adobe Flash Player in Ubuntu. I became a little frustrated Friday with the tutorial. I can’t seem to figure out why my publisher is not communicating with my subscriber when sending messages. Yes, I googled, and others were having that same problem and couldn’t figure it out either. Arrggghhh. It’s all good, I’ll start again Monday.
June 2-6, 2014 WEEK THREE
Yea! I figured out why my subscriber wasn't responding. I was trying to run it in the same terminal after I ran my publisher. Duh! I needed to open a new terminal and while the publisher is running, run the subscriber. I continued with my tutorials and by Tuesday I could create my own package with catkin_make or manually. I then started researching the Calliope2SP. The project that I have is to make a tutorial or user guide for high school students or undergrads using ROS, in Linux, to operate the Calliope2SP. The Calliope has been operated through the Dynamixel Commander in Windows. Thursday, Dr. Anderson thought that I was ready to start working with the Calliope. Exciting! I first need to see how it works in Windows with the Dynamixel Commander (DC), and guess what, the DC is not responding. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, to no avail. What a bummer. Friday, I tried all kinds of things to make it work even adding the bin folder in the executable files. Back to the drawing board. Lol.
June 9-13, 2014 WEEK FOUR
I decided to try to build Dynamixel Commander Packages in ROS. Way harder than I thought! Okay, I am determined to see how this robot moves. Yea! I finally was able to get the Dynamixel Commander to work in Windows. It's pretty cool to move the Calliope, and I was able to get the addresses of the motors. I can focus now on getting Calliope packages in ROS to move the robot. I started perusing the files that I was given on previous work of the Calliope, in ROS by Connor. I should be able to build upon his work, see if I can make the robot move, and write the tutorial. Thank God for researchers! I don't have to start at the beginning!
June 16-20, 2014 WEEK FIVE
I studied the files that I have, and did a lot of googling. I am trying to catkin_make, in my workspace, but I keep getting a lot of errors. Seems like I am going backward. So frustrating. I am taking one step at a time. Building one file at a time. Wow! Finally! Thursday I ran catkin_make with no errors! Now what lol? Again, doing a lot of googling lol. I guess I need to figure out how to test.
June 23-27, 2014 WEEK SIX
I realized that I did not have it going on as much as I thought I did. I had removed some files and saw that I needed them in order to test. When I put the files back, catkin_make failed. This week I learned a lot of Linux programming through trial and error. I am stuck on the same error message that I can't seem to figure out. I even registered with ROS answers and sent my error question out, since every question and answer that may have pertained to my situation did not work. I like that site. A group of high school teachers came by the lab for a tour. The other DREU student and I was asked to say a few words on how we became interested in computer science. We were asked to give our testimony in the video that is being filmed in a couple of weeks for high schools. We are stars in the making.
June 30-July 4, 2014 WEEK SEVEN
This was a short week for me. I got past the error message though, only to encounter another one. So, I'm still troubleshooting. I had death in my family, so I left a couple of days before the 4th (The funeral was on the 3rd).
July 7-11, 2014 WEEK EIGHT
We had to two groups of (students interested in technology and engineering, SITE), MONDAY. It was very interesting talking with high school students. I was able to get the Calliop2SP operating in Linux. I need to get it operating in ROS using these packets that I have, but while building, I keep getting an error message that I can't seem to find the answer for. Sooooo frustrating. Where did this week go? It's already Thursday afternoon and since I am at a standstill, I decided to start on my poster until Dr. Anderson can look at my workspace and help. I wrote my abstract and my Introduction. What a job! LOL.
July 14-18, 2014 WEEK NINE
Monday we had SITEs again. I hope that I was able to encourage someone to Computer Science. I worked on my report this week, and of course worked on my project. I made a website for my tutorial, calliope2sptutorial.weebly.com. Wow, only one more week left.
July 21-25, 2014 WEEK TEN
This was our last Monday for SITEs. I revised my report and finished my poster. We had a tour of high school students come to the robotics lab Thursday. I finally got that last error message fixed! I didn't have SDK installed. I didn't have time to play with the robot, but at least I got the workspace built! I can’t believe it’s been ten weeks! I really enjoyed working with Dr. Anderson.