Readme.md

Pre-requisite

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• ROS Kinetic
• Gazebo 7.14
  • You can use this script here:
  1. Download or save it somewhere
  2. Go to the location that you saved it
  3. source ubuntu_sim_ros_gazebo.sh

OpenUAV

This simulation is based on OpenUAV project.

1. In your home directory create a src folder by typing mkdir src in your terminal
2. cd src
3. Clone all git repositories in OpenUAV to this folder by git clone command
4. Go to the Firmware repository by typing cd Firmware
5. source setup-install.sh (press Return to continue when asked)
6. When it finishes, type make posix_sitl_default
7. Then try to run Gazebo by typing gazebo in your terminal

FAQ

If after making `posix_sitl`, Gazebo doesn’t launch and gives you a error message regarding `geographiclib`

Do the following: In your terminal type: sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-mavros ros-kinetic-mavros-extras When that installation is ready type: cd; wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mavlink/mavros/master/mavros/scripts/install_geographiclib_datasets.sh ./install_geographiclib_datasets.sh you might have to make the install_geographiclib_datasets.sh executable. In terminal(home): sudo ./install_geographiclib_datasets.sh