README.md

Curiosity rover and simple Mars world

Overview

This is my fork of curiosity mars rover ROSject from this repository. This package contains urdf model of NASA's Curiosity rover and a simple Mars world with rocks. I've moved this package to ROS noetic, attached lidar to the rover and added several rocks on Mars terrain. Be aware that lidar is located at an awkward spot. You probably want to change its location in xacro file.

Dependencies

1. Relies on velodyne_simulator for lidar simulation.
2. Rover depends on several additional controllers:
   • ros-noetic-joint-state-controller
   • ros-noetic-effort-controllers
   • ros-noetic-joint-trajectory-controller
   • ros-noetic-position-controllers
   • ros-noetic-velocity-controller

Quick start

1. Run catkin_make in your catkin_ws
2. Source your catkin_ws
3. Launch this package: roslaunch curiosity_mars_rover_description main_real_mars_path.launch

Licensing

Original project didn't have license in it, but it was mentioned that it's free to use and modify. If you are from Construct and want this repository to be removed contact me via email please.