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infinite-loup

  • Nov 13, 2023
  • Joined Oct 28, 2023
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  • In Straight out of the box, my RAE rattles and does not turn on

    jakaskerl Rae spins in circles when follow-me mode is enabled, which was introduced in 1.2.0. This just means the rae has not found a person to follow, so it tries to spin to find someone.

    OK, but how did follow-me mode get enabled? All I did was install 1.2.0, and when it came up from the install, it started spinning and I had to catch it before it fell off my desk and onto a concrete floor. Is this the default mode? Did I miss some documentation? I have not been able to do anything with the device other than install apps, since the "Take Control" button just takes me to a blank page, so I didn't explicitly enable any modes of which I'm aware.

    Is there a way to get FoxGlove/ROS 2.0 nodes to hook into RAE from another system? RobotHub does not look like a real solution for interaction and development, at this point.

      • In Straight out of the box, my RAE rattles and does not turn on

        I ran into the exact same problems above, minus the rattle. I got a little further by clicking on the "Robots" icon on the left side panel, then the "Perception Apps" tab, then the "+Install App" button. I clicked the "Run" button, then "RAE", then chose version 1.1.1 (1.2.0 is the latest, but my suspicion is it's buggy), clicked the "RAE" device that showed up, then "Install with devices". It took a while to install, but I got a second instance of "RAE - Default app" on the app list, and it said, "Running".

        However, after doing all of that, I still couldn't do anything with the unit, because clicking "Open Frontend" and then "Control" popped up a tab that appeared to start to load, then it just told me that Firefox isn't supported and that I should use Chrome, and other than that I got a blank page. I'm shocked that a device ostensibly meant to encourage hacking on robots via an open platform in 2023 would force users away from the open-standards-conformant Firefox in favor of Chrome. I've written my share of remote camera/telemetry web interfaces, some that ran on an ESP8266 controlling a robot, and never once even considered something wouldn't run in Firefox (and they all have without a hitch).

        EDIT: I removed the Perception Apps from RAE, and installed 1.2.0 again. It did successfully install, but then started spinning in circles until I mashed the power button enough times for it to finally die.

        So far, RAE has been a very hot, very disappointing paperweight with poor documentation.