Tutorials for azcar_sim

Use the following tutorials to ensure that your install of the simulator is running correctly. Links to tutorials within ROS are not provided, so if you are unfamiliar with ROS concepts, please refer to http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Tutorials for a comprehensive list of things to ensure you have installed ROS correctly, and that you understand some of the topics involved.

Confirm your installation

• Compile the release
• Launch Gazebo with the CAT Vehicle

Visualize sensor data

• Visualizing the CAT Vehicle
• Visualizing the CAT Vehicle and Velodyne with rviz
• Visualizing the SICK Laser in simulation in rviz

Moving around

• Driving with a ps joystick
• Taking a hard left turn
• Following a circular path
• Running hector_slam with the CAT Vehicle

Examine simulator data

• Recording with rosbag
• Extracting data with the MATLAB Robotics System Toolbox