rplidar_ros

The driver of RPLIDAR on Robot Operation System (ROS)

ROS C++ mapping driver

Indoor mapping with RPlidar and our own robots Carmela

click here to see the video.

##Dependencies

• ROS indigo
• the simulator in your personal ROS directory,install commands:

$ sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-arbotix-*

##How to run the demo

I. Build the project

1. clone the project to your ROS catkin's workspaces src folder
2. Run catkin_make to build the project

II. Run the roslaunch files

1. roscore ( not necessary but run this command before is good habits)
2. roslaunch aicroboxi_bringup fake_aicroboxi.launch
3. roslaunch aicroboxi_bringup My_2dsensor.launch
4. roslaunch aicroboxi_nav     hector_mapping_demo.launch
5. roslaunch aicroboxi_rviz    view_navigation.launch

You should see the mapping in the rviz

##Reference and acknowlegements

• aicroboxi team. Mainly reference she yuan bo' technical articles
• hector-slam packages
• rplidar ROS packages

thanks to their contributions for ROS!