ROS – ros_myzharbot_robot package

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The “ros_myzharbot_robot” is the package that contains the launchers to run the nodes to control MyzharBot with the correct parameters.

The package depends on the “ros_serial_bridge” package. Follow this guide to install it before starting.

Source code

The source code is available on Github.

The parameter to configure MyzharBot are available in the file “myzharbot_robot.yaml“.
Take particular care to parameters “k_vel” and “k_ang”. They are used to calculate robot speed and to update odometry, if you use a different configuration for your robot you can calculate that parameters using the apposite tool:

Installation

The installation of the package is quite simple:

  1. Goto ROS workspace directory:
    cd ~/catkin_ws/src
  2. Clone the repository:
    git clone https://github.com/officinerobotiche/ros_myzharbot_robot.git
  3. Back to the main directory of the workspace:
    cd ~/catkin_ws
  4.  Compile:
    catkin_make

Usage

To run the nodes simply launch the following command in a new terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t):

roslaunch ros_myzharbot_robot myzharbot.launch

 

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