open-robot

The main ROS package of open source robot

Open-robot ros stack (indigo)

Put the ros stack(open_robot) in /src directory of you ros workspace. In order to compile the code successfuly,you need install some drivers and ROS packages.

dependencies

Install ROS basic packages. Run the command "sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-joy ros-indigo-depthimage-to-laserscan ros-indigo-gmapping ros-indigo-map-server ros-indigo-amcl ros-indigo-move-base ros-indigo-dwa-local-planner ros".

Install OpenGL Utility Toolkit.Run the command "sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev".

RealSense

This open robot depends on RealSense camera R200, it needs an additional library, refer to the guide at https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense to complete the driver installation.

submodule

Several ROS packages are maintained in git sub module, use the following command to fetch the source code

	cd src/open_robot
	git submodule init
	git submodule update

After success, the submodule realsense, rplidar_ros etc is stored in the same directory of open robot

optional ros packages: Install kinect driver.Run the command "sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-freenect*" Install xtion driver.Run the command "sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-opennni2*" Install ros hectoring mapping package.Run the command "sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-hectormapping"

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