All-about-Robot_Upstart-[ROS]

Assists with creating simple platform-specific jobs to start your robot's ROS launch files when its PC powers up.

ROS documentation

Command Line Usage

• Install Script

rosrun robot_upstart install path_to_launch_file/autorun.launch --job myrobot --setup path_to_source_file/devel/setup.bash

Additional arguments like ROS master URI can also be given - check here

• Uninstall command

rosrun robot_upstart uninstall myrobot

Python API example

import robot_upstart
j = robot_upstart.Job(master_uri='0.0.0.0:11311') 	# to set master_uri  
j.add(package="/path_to_ros-package_folder", filename="launch/file.launch")
j.install()
#j.unistall()	# to unistall the setup