Introduction
A repository containing files required for the environment, robot and functionality of a ball chasing robot.
Requires ROS and Gazebo to be installed (A guide for installation can be found here)
This repository contains 2 packages for the ball chasing robot -
- my_robot - Contains all the required files for the robot and the world in the gazebo environment.
- ball_chaser - Contains all the files for the image processing and bot driving functionality.
Copy both the files seperately in your src folder of your catkin env.
After running catkin_make, source your setup files and you're good to go.
To start the gazebo + rviz sim, launch a new terminal and run:
roslaunch my_robot world.launch
In rviz -> Add 3 components in the Add menu = Robot Model, Laser Scan and the Camera.
Initialise them with their respective topics.
Now open another terminal and run
roslaunch ball_chaser ball_chaser.launch
Now in the main env keep the ball in front of the robot and watch the robot try to follow the ball.