Quick guide for setting up the Pioneer LX onboard machine when reinstalling the OS. The same guide applies if setting up an external machine to run the MobileSim simulator offline.
Linux Ubuntu 16.04
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Linux Ubuntu
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The
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Pioneer LX is currently running Linux Xubuntu 16.04
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on its onboard computer.
ROS Kinetic setup
Robot Operating System (ROS) version ROS Kinetic (requires Ubuntu 16.04) is used.
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installed on
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Using ROS
ROS tutorials: Go through the whole beginner tutorial while setting up ROS. When making a workspace, use catkin NOT rosbuild. Catkin is used for building packages.
Guides on how to create and build packages can be found in the ROS turorials:
the Pioneer LX.
Quick setup Bash script
A Bash script has been written in order to automate the setup of ROS Kinetic and other dependencies on the Pioneer LX: pioneerlx_setup. Rather than running the script, it's better to run each individual command one by one.
For more information on setting up ROS:
Installing MobileRobots software
- Add ARIA to the filesystem
- Add ARNL to the filesystem
Downloading the software
- Available on Box (used to be availible on MobileRobots web page, but this website has been shut down):
- ARIA
- ARNL
- MobileSim
Quick pointers
There is a good chance that someone will need to re-install the OS of the robot base in the future. If you for some reason need to re-install the OS on the Pioneer LX, there is a few critical things to remember:
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sudo adduser MyUser dialout
Installing Software
The Software checklist is the following:
- ARIA
- ARNL
- Controller node installation script by Thomas
Downloading the software
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