This Python package uses a TurtleBot3 robot with an Intel Realsense D435i depth camera and tries to create point clouds of Gazebo environments.
Install Gazebo
sudo apt install ros-foxy-gazebo-* ros-foxy-cartographer ros-foxy-cartographer-ros ros-foxy-navigation2 ros-foxy-nav2-bringup
source ~/.bashrc
Install TurtleBot3
sudo apt install ros-foxy-dynamixel-sdk ros-foxy-turtlebot3-msgs ros-foxy-turtlebot3 ros-foxy-turtlebot3-gazebo
echo 'export ROS_DOMAIN_ID=30 #TURTLEBOT3' >> ~/.bashrc
sudo curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/ros.key -o /usr/share/keyrings/ros-archive-keyring.gpg
sudo apt update
source ~/.bashrc
curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/dirk-thomas/colcon/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
colcon build --symlink-install
source ~/.bashrc
echo 'export TURTLEBOT3_MODEL=burger' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export GAZEBO_MODEL_PATH=$GAZEBO_MODEL_PATH:/opt/ros/foxy/share/turtlebot3_gazebo/models' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
Check if everything is working
ros2 launch turtlebot3_gazebo turtlebot3_world.launch.py
ros2 run turtlebot3_teleop teleop_keyboard
ros2 launch turtlebot3_bringup rviz2.launch.py
Install Intel RealSense SDK and Intel RealSense ROS wrapper
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key F6E65AC044F831AC80A06380C8B3A55A6F3EFCDE || sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp:https://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-key F6E65AC044F831AC80A06380C8B3A55A6F3EFCDE
sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://librealsense.intel.com/Debian/apt-repo $(lsb_release -cs) main" -u
sudo apt-get install librealsense2-dkms librealsense2-utils librealsense2-dev librealsense2-dbg
mkdir -p ~/ros2_ws/src && cd ~/ros2_ws/src/
git clone https://github.com/IntelRealSense/realsense-ros.git -b foxy
cd ~/ros2_ws/
sudo apt-get install python3-rosdep -y
sudo rosdep init
rosdep update
rosdep install -i --from-path src --rosdistro $ROS_DISTRO -y
colcon build && . install/setup.bash
Check if everything is working
ros2 launch realsense2_description view_model.launch.py model:=test_d435i_camera.urdf.xacro
Install Intel RealSense Gazebo plugin
cd colcon_ws/src/
git clone -b foxy-devel https://github.com/pal-robotics/realsense_gazebo_plugin
cd ~/colcon_ws/
colcon build && . install/setup.bash
Install Octomap server
sudo apt install ros-foxy-octomap ros-foxy-octomap-msgs octovis
source ~/.bashrc
cd ~/ros2_ws/src/
git clone https://github.com/iKrishneel/octomap_server2.git
cd ~/ros2_ws/
colcon build && . install/setup.bash
cd ~/colcon_ws/src/
git clone https://github.com/Marina-Banov/point_cloud_registration.git
echo 'export GAZEBO_MODEL_PATH=$GAZEBO_MODEL_PATH:~/colcon_ws/src/point_cloud_registration/sdf/models' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
cd ~/colcon_ws/
sudo apt install ros-foxy-sensor-msgs-py pcl-tools
pip install open3d transformations
colcon build && . install/setup.bash
The launch file loads a Gazebo world, positions the TurtleBot inside of it, and opens the Rviz visualization tool.
ros2 launch point_cloud_registration point_cloud_registration.launch.py
The default world is env3. Other available worlds are:
- empty
- env8
- env9
- house
which you can load like this:
ros2 launch point_cloud_registration point_cloud_registration.launch.py world:=env8
Open another terminal and run the following line to start the node which will assemble the point cloud from data received from /depth/color/points topic over time.
ros2 run point_cloud_registration get_pcd
Open another terminal and run the following line to start TurtleBot3 teleop node which allows you to control the Turtlebot.
ros2 run turtlebot3_teleop teleop_keyboard
Note that the get_pcd node will only process ONE frame after the S or SPACE key is pressed. Move the robot around and watch the octomap of the environment being generated. Press CTRL+C inside the get_pcd terminal to save the point cloud.