rospy-turtlebot-move-and-rotate

Basic Rospy code to move turtlebot forward and rotate for x number of seconds.

Unfortunely, for now docker version of ROS has issues relating to real sense lib, so manual download on VM or local is required.

How to install:

1. Install Ubuntu 16.04

2. Install ROS Kinetic full desktop version http://wiki.ros.org/kinetic/Installation/Ubuntu

3. Install Extra Packages for turtlebots https://yainnoware.blogspot.com/2018/09/install-turtlebot-on-ros-kinetic-ubuntu.html

4. If you are using VM - Fix issue with listening on image view (rosrun image_view image_view image:=/camera/rgb/image_raw fails) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55181205/gazebo-crashing-when-subscribing-to-scan

How to Run:

• Ensure main node is running
  • roslaunch turtlebot_bringup minimal.launchOR roslaunch turtlebot_gazebo turtlebot_world.launch
• Run move.py in specified pacakage.
  • rosrun [package] move.py

Errors

• If running in simulator and you are having issues with time durations:
  • rosparam set /use_sim_time false