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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
  1. 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
  1. 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 
  1. Compile:
cd ~/catkin_ws
catkin build
source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash
  1. Run:
roslaunch rbcar_sim_bringup rbcar_complete.launch