Debugging Strategies

What to do when something is just not right? Here are some starter steps you can take when debugging Baxter, or just for when you want to inspect what's going on.

Outline

• Viewing Information
  One of the first steps in diagnosing any problem is gathering more information.
• ROS Topics and Messages
  • /rosout (/rosout_agg)
  • /diagnostics (/diagnostics_agg)
• ROS Logs & Bags
• Hardware vs. Software
  • RSDK Software & System
  • ROS Software
  • Hardware failures
• Tools
  • rviz
  • Robot Monitor
  • rxconsole
  • rxbag (rosbag)
  • rxplot