UdacityROSGoChaseIt

ROS program for chasing a white ball through a Gazebo simulator.

In order to execute program a catkin workspace is required.

Steps for creating project:

1. Create a catkin workspace

• mkdir catkin_ws

2. Create a src folder in the catkin workspace

• cd catkin_ws && mkdir src

3. Clone project into src folder.

• git clone [project_name]

4. Change directory to workspace home - run catkin_make

• cd ../
• catkin_make

Steps to execute the project:

1. Source the workspace

• source devel/setup.bash

2. Launch the environment

• roslaunch my_robot world.launch

3. Execute the ball chaser

• roslaunch ball_chaser ball_chaser.launch

4. Place the white ball in front of the robot and observe it chase it.