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ROS Robotics By Example - Second Edition
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ROS Robotics By Example - Second Edition

by Lentin Joseph, Carol Fairchild, Dr. Thomas L. Harman
November 2017
Beginner
484 pages
10h 25m
English
Packt Publishing
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Launching TurtleBot 3 simulation in Gazebo

Before launching TurtleBot 3 in Gazebo, set the environment variable for the Turtlebot 3 model you wish to use in the Gazebo simulation. Either burger or waffle can be selected for the model parameter:

$ export TURTLEBOT3_MODEL=burger

To start the simulation, type the following command:

$ roslaunch turtlebot3_gazebo turtlebot3_empty_world.launch

You should see the words Advertise odom on odom! on the screen and a screenshot similar to the following:

Launching TurtleBot 3 simulation in Gazebo

TurtleBot 3 in Gazebo empty world

Now let us try a more interesting scene with objects for TurtleBot to drive around. Use Quit on the Gazebo application from ...

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ISBN: 9781788479592