MRLVR 2019

Here is MRL VR team source code from Qazvin Islamic Azad University.

Note: This is primiry version of readme.md file and it will be complete.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

Prerequisites

What things you need to install the software and how to install them

- Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
- ROS Kinetic Desktop Full
- QTCreator 5.1

Installing

A step by step series of packages and softwares that you need to install them.

Install ROS Kinetic, Gazebo and QT Creator

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list' 

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-key 0xB01FA116

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-latest.list'

wget http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install git ros-kinetic-desktop-full ros-kinetic-hector-map-tools ros-kinetic-costmap-2d ros-kinetic-hector-marker-drawing ros-kinetic-nav-core ros-kinetic-base-local-planner ros-kinetic-navfn ros-kinetic-move-base

echo "source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

Clone & build MRLVR 2019 project from gitlab repository:

git clone https://gitlab.com/mrlvr/vr2019.git

cd ~/vr2019

catkin_make

echo "source /home/[your username]/vr2019/devel" >> ~/.bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

Clone and & build RoboCup2018 Rescue Simulation Virtual Robot League Maps:

sudo apt-get install -y cmake g++ protobuf-compiler pavucontrol libignition-math3 libsdformat5 libignition-math3-dev libignition-msgs0-dev gazebo8-plugin-base libgazebo8 libgazebo8-dev ros-kinetic-desktop  ros-kinetic-ros-control ros-kinetic-ros-controllers ros-kinetic-image-view2 ros-kinetic-rqt ros-kinetic-rqt-common-plugins ros-kinetic-joy ros-kinetic-teleop-twist-keyboard ros-kinetic-message-to-tf ros-kinetic-tf2-geometry-msgs ros-kinetic-audio-common ros-kinetic-costmap-2d ros-kinetic-image-transport ros-kinetic-image-transport-plugins ros-kinetic-hector-mapping ros-kinetic-hector-geotiff Ros-kinetic-master-discovery-fkie ros-kinetic-master-sync-fkie ros-kinetic-pose-cov-ops

sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-hector-pose-estimation ros-kinetic-hector-sensors-description ros-kinetic-controller-manager ros-kinetic-gmapping ros-kinetic-move-base ros-kinetic-hector-mapping ros-kinetic-gazebo8*

git clone https://github.com/reyhanehpahlevan/RoboCup2018RVRL_Demo.git

cd ~/RoboCup2018RVRL_Demo

./cleanup

catkin_make

Running the server

To run maps and spawn robots series of commands is need to run:

• Create run-server.sh file in your home direcotory:

gedit run-server.sh

• Copy these commands in file:

cd /home/your username]/RoboCup2018RVRL_Demo/ 
. setup.bash
roslaunch setup world_final_indoor_1.launch

• Save file and close it

• Run these command to set executable attribute on file:

chmod +x run-server.sh

• Create spawn-robot.sh file in your home direcotory:

gedit spawn-robot.sh 

• Copy these commands in file:

cd /home/your username]/RoboCup2018RVRL_Demo/ 
. setup.bash
roslaunch robot_description spawn_multi_robots_final_indoor_1.launch

• Save file and close it.

• Run these command to set executable attribute on file:

chmod +x spawn-robot.sh

• Open Terminal 1:

./run-server.sh

• Open Terminal 2:

./spawn-robot.sh

Running the MRLVR 2019 GUI

Run bellow command to start mrl_rqt_dashboard:

rosrun rqt_gui rqt_gui

note: If you can not find mrl->dashboard menu from rqt_gui, run bellow command, after repeat previous command:

rqt --force-discover

Authors

• Mohammad H. Shayesteh - Software developer - (m.h.shayesteh@gmail.com)

• Mohammad M. Raeisi - Software Developer - (mahdrsi@gmai.com)

License

This project is licensed under the Mechatronics Research Laboratory(Qazvin Ismalic Azad University)