Robotnik Rbcar

Packages for the simulation of the Rbcar robot

Packages

rbcar_gazebo

This package contains the configuration files and worlds to launch the Gazebo environment along with the simulated robot.

rbcar_sim_bringup

Launch files that launch the complete simulation of the robot/s.

Simulating RBcar

1. Install the following dependencies:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install -y python-wstool

2. Create a workspace and clone the repository:

   mkdir ~/catkin_ws
   cd ~/catkin_ws
   wstool init src
   wstool merge -t src https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RobotnikAutomation/rbcar_sim/melodic-devel/rbcar_sim.rosinstall
   wstool update -t src
   rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -y

3. Install ackermann controller and robotnik_msgs:

   sudo dpkg -i src/rbcar_common/rbcar_control/lib/ros-melodic-robotnik-msgs_1.1.0-0bionic_amd64.deb
   sudo dpkg -i src/rbcar_common/rbcar_control/lib/ros-melodic-ackermann-drive-controller_0.0.0-0bionic_amd64.deb 

4. Compile:

   cd ~/catkin_ws
   catkin build
   source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash

5. Run:

   roslaunch rbcar_sim_bringup rbcar_complete.launch