arktypes

See the ark_framework documentation for full setup instructions.

The arktypes package provides LCM message definitions used by Robotics Ark projects.

Installation

The following examples show how to create a workspace, set up a conda environment and install the framework together with arktypes.

Linux

# create a workspace and enter it
mkdir Ark
cd Ark

# create and activate the environment
conda create -n ark_env python=3.10
conda activate ark_env

# clone and install the framework
git clone https://github.com/Robotics-Ark/ark_framework.git
cd ark_framework
pip install -e .
cd ..

# clone and install ark_types
git clone https://github.com/Robotics-Ark/ark_types.git
cd ark_types
pip install -e .

macOS

# create a workspace and enter it
mkdir Ark
cd Ark

# create and activate the environment
conda create -n ark_env python=3.11
conda activate ark_env

# clone and install the framework
git clone https://github.com/Robotics-Ark/ark_framework.git
cd ark_framework
pip install -e .

# pybullet must be installed via conda on macOS
conda install -c conda-forge pybullet
cd ..

# clone and install ark_types
git clone https://github.com/Robotics-Ark/ark_types.git
cd ark_types
pip install -e .

After installation, verify the command-line tool is available:

ark --help