SoftEng-306-Project Group 8 (FloppyDisk)

A simulation tool for testing harvesting robots in kiwifruit orchards

Prerequisites

It is recommended to run the simulator on Ubuntu 14.04 using ROS Indigo and Python.

Click here for instruction on installing ROS Indigo

Getting the Software

Clone the repo from GitHub.

     $ git clone https://github.com/Ofekw/SoftEng-306-Project-1.git

Running the program

1. In terminal navigate to the home directory

   cd SoftEng-306-Project-1

2. Run the project

   ./run.py

Click here for more information about the launcher

Troubleshooting

Update ROS_PACKAGE_PATH

• in terminal call

  gedit ~/.bashrc

• Scroll to the bottom of the file

• Add

  source ~/<path to workspace>/setup.bash (Leave the other source commands)

• Update the export to

  export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH:$HOME/<path to workspace>/se306Project1