Prerequisites

Before you can use the Robot Customizer ROS package, there are a few prerequisites that must be met. The prerequisites are different depending on your intended use case, all of which are detailed below.

Real Robot and Sensors

If you have a physical robot and physical sensors:

Note

The sensors you have must be on the list of supported sensors.

  1. Your robot’s computer is running Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal) with ROS Noetic.

  2. You have electromechanically integrated (e.g. mounted and wired) the sensors onto your robot.

Simulated Robot and Sensors

If you do not have a physical robot and physical sensors, and instead wish to simulate them:

  1. Your computer is running Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal) with ROS Noetic.