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This folder is the ROS workspace, which should be used to build the OpenMower ROS software. This repository contains the ROS package for controlling the OpenMower.
There are references to other repositories (libraries) needed to build the software. This way, we can track the exact version of the packages used in each release to ensure package compatibility. Currently, the following repositories are included:
OpenMower requires ROS Noetic. (installation instruction) There is no distributed release package yet, for development and test purpose it's best to build the workspace on your own.
By default, OpenMower is supposed to run on an ARM-based Raspberry boards: https://x-tech.online/2022/01/installing-ros-noetic-on-a-headless-raspberry-pi-4-with-ubuntu-20-04/
Before building, you need to fetch this project's dependencies. The best way to do this is by using rosdep:
sudo apt install python3-rosdep
sudo rosdep init
Run in the repository's root:
rosdep update
rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src --default-yes
Just build as any other ROS workspace: catkin_make
Once it's done, another step is to source workspace env vars:
source devel/setup.bash
OpenMower ROS package is distributed with roslaunch launch files.
There are few in: src/open_mower/open_mower/launch
, however the open_mower.launch
runs everything needed to mow.
roslaunch open_mower open_mower.launch
Before you launch open_mower
package, env vars with configuration have to be set.
cp src/open_mower/config/mower_config.sh.example mower_config.sh
source mower_config.sh # it's expected to adjust the file
TBD (no automated image build yet)
First, launch CLion in a sourced environment. For this I use the following bash file:
#!/bin/zsh
source <your_absolute_path_to_repository>/devel/setup.zsh
# You can find this path in the Jetbrains Toolbox
nohup <your_absolute_path_to_clion>/clion.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 &
Then, open the src
directory. CLion will prompt with the following screen:
Copy the settings for Build directory and CMake options. Everything else can stay the same. This is all you need!
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