This page lists alternative installation options for running ARO Singularity containers on non-Linux systems.
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The easiest alternative is setting up remote access to lab computers. The only thing you need is an SSH and VNC client. The user experience is, though, the worst out of all these options.
wsl --install -d Ubuntu
in command prompt.
wsl --list -v
wsl --update
in a Windows command prompt. It might require rebooting the computer afterwards or calling wsl --shutdown
.
192.168.65.*
and the hostname of your WSL machine can be pinged from the robot (ping my-laptop
). Also, the virtual machine has to accept incoming network connections.
Download
button, not the Mac App Store
button (it contains the same free thing, but for $9.99).
aro
, password is aro
.
/media/shared
.
sudo hostnamectl set-hostname aro-[your_ctu_username]
sudo poweroff
.
~/deploy/scripts/start_singularity_aro
and follow Using ROS tutorial.
real_robot_joy_teleop.launch
or a simulation launch file, pass argument joy_dev:=/dev/input/js1
.
sudo poweroff
.