ComputerVision-ROS-LaptopCamera

This repository contains a ROS package that captures images from the laptop camera using OpenCV and publishes them on a ROS topic.

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu 18.04 or later
• ROS Melodic or later
• OpenCV
• cv_bridge
• sensor_msgs

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

• git clone https://github.com/abelxmendoza/ComputerVision-ROS-LaptopCamera.git
  

• Build the package:

1. cd ComputerVision-ROS-LaptopCamera/catkin_ws
   catkin_make
   

Usage

1. Run the camera_publisher_node.py file to start capturing images from the laptop camera and publishing them on the "camera_image" topic:

• rosrun camera_publisher camera_publisher_node.py
  

• View the published images using an image viewer such as rviz or image_view: span

1. rosrun image_view image_view image:=/camera_image
   

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

This project was inspired by the ROS OpenCV Camera package.