Software

• Ubuntu 18.04
• ROS Melodic

You need to have an installed ROS system with a configured developer environment. The assumption is that your workspace is in your home directory. : ~/catkin_ws.

The required ROS packages:

usb_cam

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/ros-drivers/usb_cam
$ cd ..
$ catkin_make

After building the package, install the v4l-util Ubuntu package. It is a collection of command-line V4L utilities used by the usb_cam package:

$ sudo apt install v4l-utils

ROS package for communication with serial port:

$ sudo apt install ros-melodic-rosserial

Install Face Tracker package

$ cd ~/catkin_ws/src
$ git clone https://github.com/MaxTyulin/ros-face-tracker.git
$ cd ..
$ catkin_make

Run

$ roslaunch face_traker face_traker.launch

Example

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