Colosseum ROS Tutorials#
This is a set of sample Colosseum settings.json
s, roslaunch and rviz files to give a starting point for using Colosseum with ROS.
See airsim_ros_pkgs for the ROS API.
Setup#
Make sure that the airsim_ros_pkgs Setup has been completed and the prerequisites installed.
$ cd PATH_TO/Colosseum/ros
$ catkin build airsim_tutorial_pkgs
If your default GCC isn't 8 or greater (check using gcc --version
), then compilation will fail. In that case, use gcc-8
explicitly as follows-
catkin build airsim_tutorial_pkgs -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc-8 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++-8
Note
For running examples, and also whenever a new terminal is opened, sourcing the setup.bash
file is necessary. If you're using the ROS wrapper frequently, it might be helpful to add the source PATH_TO/Colosseum/ros/devel/setup.bash
to your ~/.profile
or ~/.bashrc
to avoid the need to run the command every time a new terminal is opened
Examples#
Single drone with monocular and depth cameras, and lidar#
- Settings.json - front_stereo_and_center_mono.json
The above would start rviz with tf's, registered RGBD cloud using depth_image_proc using the$ source PATH_TO/Colosseum/ros/devel/setup.bash $ roscd airsim_tutorial_pkgs $ cp settings/front_stereo_and_center_mono.json ~/Documents/Colosseum/settings.json ## Start your unreal package or binary here $ roslaunch airsim_ros_pkgs airsim_node.launch; # in a new pane / terminal $ source PATH_TO/Colosseum/ros/devel/setup.bash $ roslaunch airsim_tutorial_pkgs front_stereo_and_center_mono.launch
depth_to_pointcloud
launch file, and the lidar point cloud.
Two drones, with cameras, lidar, IMU each#
- Settings.json - two_drones_camera_lidar_imu.json
$ source PATH_TO/Colosseum/ros/devel/setup.bash
$ roscd airsim_tutorial_pkgs
$ cp settings/two_drones_camera_lidar_imu.json ~/Documents/Colosseum/settings.json
## Start your unreal package or binary here
$ roslaunch airsim_ros_pkgs airsim_node.launch;
$ roslaunch airsim_ros_pkgs rviz.launch
You can view the tfs in rviz. And do a rostopic list
and rosservice list
to inspect the services avaiable.
Twenty-five drones in a square pattern#
- Settings.json - twenty_five_drones.json
$ source PATH_TO/Colosseum/ros/devel/setup.bash
$ roscd airsim_tutorial_pkgs
$ cp settings/twenty_five_drones.json ~/Documents/Colosseum/settings.json
## Start your unreal package or binary here
$ roslaunch airsim_ros_pkgs airsim_node.launch;
$ roslaunch airsim_ros_pkgs rviz.launch
You can view the tfs in rviz. And do a rostopic list
and rosservice list
to inspect the services avaiable.