Installing ROS-Industrial packages

Installing ROS-I packages can be done using package managers or building from the source code. If we have installed the ros-desktop-full installation, we can use the following command to install ROS-Industrial packages on Ubuntu 14.04.3. The following command will install ROS-Industrial packages on ROS Indigo:

$ sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-industrial-core ros-indigo-open-industrial-ros-controllers

The preceding command will install the core packages of ROS-Industrial packages. The industrial-core stack includes the following set of ROS packages:

  • industrial-core: This stack contains packages and libraries for supporting industrial robotic systems. The stack consists of nodes for communicating with industrial ...

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