Getting the Simulator Up and Running

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thegouger edited this page Oct 13, 2012 · 3 revisions

This assumes you've already set up ROS Fuerte on Ubuntu.

Install ROS's PR2 simulator

sudo apt-get install ros-fuerte-pr2-simulator

Add local repo folder to ROS's package path (if not already done)

echo "export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=$PATH_TO_REPO:$ROS_PACKAGE_PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc

Build the packages

roscd simBotTeleop
rosmake simBotTeleop
roscd simBotAckermann
rosmake simBotAckermann

Launching

roslaunch simBotAckermann simBotEmptyWorld.launch
roslaunch simBotTeleop simBotTeleopKeyboard.launch
roslaunch simBotAckermann rviz.launch

Subscriber

To get the sample subscriber running:
roscd simBotSubscribe
rosmake
rosrun simBotSubscribe simBotSubscribe