IROS2019/Application for robot competition (Handyman)

Setup †

Unzip Unity Project †

• Unzip "handyman-unity-master.zip"
  However, if the file path is too long, you may not be able to unzip or run the Unity scene.
  Please unzip it to a short directory such as "C:\SIGVerse".
• Change the folder name from "handyman-unity-master" to "handyman-unity".

Open Unity Project †

• Open Unity Hub.
• Click [Projects]-[ADD] in Unity Hub.
• Select the extracted Unity project ([handyman-unity]) and click the [Select Folder] button.
• Click [Select a version] and select [2018.4.11f1].
• Click [handyman-unity] in the project list.

Import the common unity package †

• Click [Assets]-[Import Package]-[Custom Package...] on Unity Editor.
• Select a common unitypackage (common-unity.unitypackage in the distributed files) and open the file.
• Click [Import] button.
• Please confirm that no error occurred in the Console window of Unity Editor.

Setup for Text-to-Speech †

Windows Settings †

Please install the English language if you are using other languages. The procedure is like as follows.

• Open the Windows settings menu
• Click [Time & Language] - [Region & language]
• Click [Add a language] in [Languages]-[Preferred languages]
• Select "English (United States)" and Install

Copy dll and exe files †

Please copy files by following the steps below.

• Open the "TTS" folder in the files distributed with a USB memory
• Copy "ConsoleSimpleTTS.exe" and "Interop.SpeechLib.dll" to the "handyman-unity/TTS" folder.

Modify rosbridge IP †

• Open this project with Unity.
• Click [SIGVerse]-[SIGVerse Settings].
• Type the IP address of ROS to "Rosbridge IP" in SIGVerse window.

How to Execute †

Start example ROS node †

• Open a new ternimal on Ubuntu
• Execute the following command:

  $ roslaunch handyman sample.launch

Start Unity scene †

• Double click "Assets/Competition/Handyman/Handyman(.unity)" in the Project window.
• Click the Play button at the top of the Unity editor.

Reference Video

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