ROS_Indigo_turtlebot2_gazebo_simulator

ROS_Indigo_turtlebot2_gazebo_simulator

== Documentation ==

This documentation shows you how to use turtlebot Gazebo simulator in ROS Indigo.


== Installation ==

Install software dependencies:

 $sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-viz
 $sudo apt-get install gazebo4

Optional software dependencies, if you are using NVIDIA or RADEON GPUs)
 $sudo apt-get install mesa-utils

Source Installation①

 $cd ~/catkin_ws/src
 $git clone https://github.com/turtlebot/turtlebot_simulator.git
 $rosinstall ~/catkin_ws/src/turtlebot_simulator /opt/ros/indigo
 $echo "source ~/catkin_ws/src/turtlebot_simulator/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc

Source Installation②

 $source ~/.bashrc
 $roslocate info  turtlebot_simulator > turtlebot_simulator.rosinstall
 $rosinstall ~/catkin_ws/src/turtlebot_simulator turtlebot_simulator.rosinstall

Install software dependencies for source install:

 $ls ~/catkin_ws/src/turtlebot_simulator
 $rosdep install PACKAGE_NAME
 $rosmake PACKAGE_NAME

PACKAGE_NAME refers to the directories you see in:

 $ls ~/catkin_ws/src/turtlebot_simulator

some packages become error with:
 $rosdep install PACKAGE_NAME
 $rosmake

Ignore those package because the packages are probabilly catkinized(you can get those packages by apt). The names of packages are diffent from these packages you see in:

$ls ~/catkin_ws/src/turtlebot_simulator

Installation of catkinized packages which have dependencies in turtlebot simulator:

 $apt-cache search ros-indigo-gazebo
 $sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-gazebo4-ros
 $apt-cache search ros-indigo-yocs
 $sudo apt-get install ros-indigo-yocs-XYZ

XYZ refers to the package you see in:

 $apt-cache search ros-indigo-yocs

if the simulator doesn't work, then install other packages listed in:

 $apt-cache search ros-indigo-gazebo

However, don't install the "prereleased" pakages because the dependencies will be nested. If you installed them, use the command:

 $sudo aptitude install

to recover.(sudo apt-get -f install cannot recover this situation.) You have to kill the apt process to execute this package manager. To kill the apt package manager:

 $ps -ae ~| grep "apt*"
 $pkill --signal SIGKILL apt(or aptd)

ros-indigo-yocs are the package provided from Yujin Robotics(developed turtlebot).
They are probably the packages for turtlebot in ROS Indigo.
It is highly recommended to install all the package provided from Yujin Robotics.

== Start the simulation ==

 $cd ~/catkin_ws/src/turtlebot_simulator/turtlebot_gazebo/launch
 $roslaunch turtlebot_world.launch

Sample Pictures:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5TYzZbCIAAQqEe.png
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5TZvBWCEAEH8V1.png

Hi,
Thanks for this install, but it doesn't work for me.
Gazebo 4 works.

1/ I got this problem when using:
roslocate info turtlebot_simulator

Using ROS_DISTRO: indigo
Not found via rosdistro - falling back to information provided by rosdoc
error contacting http://ros.org/doc/indigo/api/turtlebot_simulator/stack.yaml:
HTTP Error 404: Not Found
error contacting http://ros.org/doc/indigo/api/turtlebot_simulator/manifest.yaml:
HTTP Error 404: Not Found
cannot locate information about turtlebot_simulator

2/ I'm not sure but it seems that the version with the following command (git clone https://github.com/turtlebot/turtlebot_simulator.git) is different from the zip (turtlebot_simulator-indigo.zip)

Thanks for help

sorry for my late reply, in my memory, some of the commands don't work well, and you can skip it. Also the turtlebot indigo package have been released 4 days ago(you can check at ros wiki), and this installation is obsolute now. They have gazebo turtlebot simulator.