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Added Loopback Simulator Package

Open smitdumore opened this issue 1 year ago • 5 comments


Basic Info

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Ticket(s) this addresses #3924
Primary OS tested on Ubuntu 20.04.4
Robotic platform tested on Rviz
Does this PR contain AI generated software? No

Description of contribution in a few bullet points

  • This new package serves as a Gazebo replacement.
  • Designed for testing robot behaviors without the need for a complicated simulator.
  • Uses incoming velocity commands to forward simulate the robot pose.
  • A map is needed for navigation. The Robot can be spawned anywhere for repetative tests.

Description of documentation updates required from your changes

  • A detailed readme is required for the nav2_loopback_sim package.

Future work that may be required in bullet points

  • Needs to be tested for various robot platforms and scenarios.
  • Needs some nice to have features.

For Maintainers:

  • [ ] Check that any new parameters added are updated in navigation.ros.org
  • [ ] Check that any significant change is added to the migration guide
  • [ ] Check that any new features OR changes to existing behaviors are reflected in the tuning guide
  • [ ] Check that any new functions have Doxygen added
  • [ ] Check that any new features have test coverage
  • [ ] Check that any new plugins is added to the plugins page
  • [ ] If BT Node, Additionally: add to BT's XML index of nodes for groot, BT package's readme table, and BT library lists

smitdumore avatar Dec 11 '23 21:12 smitdumore