Gmapping and localization in Chefbot

After launching the ROS driver, we can teleop the robot using keyboard teleop. We can use the following command to start keyboard teleoperation:

$ roslaunch chefbot_bringup keyboard_teleop.launch

If we want to map the robot environment, we can start the gmapping launch file like we did in the simulation:

$ roslaunch chefbot_bringup gmapping_demo.launch

You can visualize the map building in Rviz using the following command:

$ roslaunch chefbot_bringup view_navigation.launch

You can build the map by teleoperating the robot around the room. After mapping, save the map as we did in the simulation:

$ rosrun map_server map_saver -f ~/test_map

After getting the map, launch AMCL nodes to perform final navigation. You have to restart all the launch files and start again.

Let's look at the commands to launch the AMCL nodes.

First, start the ROS driver nodes using the following command:

$ roslaunch chefbot_bringup robot_standalone.launch

Now start the AMCL nodes:

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