ROS-based Robot

Husky

Husky is a rugged, outdoor-ready unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), developed by Clearpath Robotics

With the Husky robot simulation, you can learn how to program the robot without the risk of damaging the real thing. You can use it to test your robot navigation algorithms, build a map, do path planning, and navigate it autonomously in a simulated indoor/outdoor environment.

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Husky is a medium-sized robotic development platform. Its large payload capacity and power systems accommodate an extensive variety of payloads, customized to meet research needs. Stereo cameras, LIDAR, GPS, IMUs, manipulators, and more can be added to the UGV by our integration experts. The Husky’s rugged construction and high-torque drivetrain can take your research where no other robot can go.

Husky fully supports ROS—all of the packages are available in the Husky github org.

(source: Clearpath Robotics)

Common ROS packages for the Clearpath Husky, useable for both simulation and real robot operation.

  • husky_control : Control configuration
  • husky_description : Robot description (URDF)
  • husky_msgs : Message definitions
  • husky_navigation : Navigation configurations and demos
  • husky_ur5_moveit_config : MoveIt configuration and demos

For Husky instructions and tutorials, please see Robots/Husky.

To create a custom Husky description or simulation, please fork husky_customization.

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Related resources

Tutorial - How to Use Gazebo's spawn_model
Learn how to use Gazebo’s spawn_model service to visualize your robot in Gazebo. You’ll learn:
  1. How to use spawn_model in a launch file
  2. How spawn_model behaves differently than other nodes included in launch files
Tutorial - How to Move a Robot to a Certain Point Using Twist

In the ROS Q&A Tutorial, we will show you how to move to a certain point in space using Twist /cmd_vel.

View the full tutorial here

Tutorial - Basic usage of octomap_mapping package
In the ROS Q&A Tutorial, we will show you how to execute some basic functionalities of the octomap_mapping package: Creating an Octomap, saving the Octomap and providing the Octomap.
LIVE Class – How to use GPS to do autonomous robot navigation?

The robot used: simulated Husky

What you will learn:

  1. How to record a trajectory that you would like the robot to do
  2. How to make the robot reproduce that trajectory

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