Check your installation
This page will guide your through simple steps to check that you have correctly installed YARP and the iCub software. We assume you have followed all installations steps (installation from binaries or sources).
Check YARP
First step is to have a yarpserver running.
At a terminal type:
yarpserver
Depending on the system the console will look something like this:
If you type on a web browser http://127.0.0.1:10000 you get information about the name server (registered ports, info, etc.).
We can just check functionality by running a simple example. On another terminal type:
yarp read /portread
on a third terminal:
yarp write /portwrite
and on yet another terminal:
yarp connect /portwrite /portread
you'll see the effect on the name server:
yarp: registration name /portwrite ip 127.0.0.1 port 10012 type tcp yarp: registration name /portread ip 127.0.0.1 port 10002 type tcp
Now, anything typed on the yarp write will be sent and printed on the read side.
Check iCub
You can run the iCub simulator.
Open a terminal and type:
iCub_SIM
The simulator should open in a new window:
Now you can move each joint individually using the robotMotorGui tool.
On a different terminal type:
yarpmotorgui
Modify the name of the robot: type icubSim in the edit window (see below).
Select the left_arm and drag the position of each joint to move the arm:
You can now view the output from the cameras. On different consoles, run two viewers:
yarpview --name /view/left yarpview --name /view/right
and connect them:
yarp connect /icubSim/cam/left /view/left yarp connect /icubSim/cam/right /view/right
Play a recorded sequence
You can also use the dataSetPlayer to replay a recorded sequence. This will reproduce all the sensory information available on the real robot during a simple experiment. Follow the instructions here:
http://www.yarp.it/group__yarpdataplayerExample.html
Tutorials
Now you are ready to try our tutorials: