coreylgorman

came across some issues related to using virtual box and ubuntu: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44326436/ubuntu-16-04-virtual-box-bluetooth Disable Bluetooth Adapter from Device Manager in Host Machine. Disable all Services in Host Machine that are using...

I was able to connect and see all but the ‘collision.msg’ (still need to dig in on this). I have a new computer on which I’ve only installed Ubuntu 16.04...

The sphero.launch file executed the Bluetooth connection and did not require me to do anything additional.

No, I just put the sphero into pairing mode and it automatically connected once I launched the spher_bringup node. I am using the standard Sphero (not the SPRK+)