Make your Turtlebot2 run on ROS Melodic (Ubuntu 18.04).
This project referenced this issue. Thanks to the work of bunchofcoders and ProfJust.
- ROS Melodic on Ubuntu 18
- Turtlebot2
Firstly, cd to your catkin workspace.
If you don't have one, cd to somewhere you want to create it, and then run the following commands to create one
mkdir -p src
catkin_make
Now run the following command (inside the root of catkin workspace) to build up running environment for Turtlebot2
curl -sLf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gaunthan/Turtlebot2-On-Melodic/master/install_basic.sh | bash
catkin_make
Now connect a turtlebot2 to the computer. After that, run this command to bring up the Turtlebot2
source ./devel/setup.bash
roslaunch turtlebot_bringup minimal.launch
If nothing wrong, you will hear the Turtlebot2 give out a reminder.
If you want to use keyboard to control it, just run the following command
source ./devel/setup.bash
roslaunch turtlebot_teleop keyboard_teleop.launch
And it will output something like this
ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11311
process[turtlebot_teleop_keyboard-1]: started with pid [23757]
Control Your Turtlebot!
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Moving around:
u i o
j k l
m , .
q/z : increase/decrease max speeds by 10%
w/x : increase/decrease only linear speed by 10%
e/c : increase/decrease only angular speed by 10%
space key, k : force stop
anything else : stop smoothly
CTRL-C to quit
currently: speed 0.2 turn 1
Now you should be able to use keyboard to control your Turtlebot2.