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WARNING: Be careful when running the robot on the table as the robot might fall.

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NOTE:

  • This instructions were tested on Ubuntu 16.04 and ROS Kinetic Kame.
  • This instructions are supposed to be running on the remote PC. Please run the instructions below on your Remote PC.
  • Make sure to run the Bringup instructions before use of the instruction
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TIP:

  • We are happy to announce a new ROS book: “ROS Robot Programming, A Handbook is written by TurtleBot3 Developers”. This book has been published in Korean, English, Chinese and Japanese. It contains the following:
    • ROS Kinetic Kame: Basic concept, instructions and tools
    • How to use sensor and actuator packages on ROS
    • Embedded board for ROS: OpenCR
    • SLAM & Navigation with TurtleBot3
    • How to program a delivery robot using ROS Java
    • OpenMANIPULATOR simulation using MoveIt! and Gazebo
  • Please refer to this book for more information on ROS, SLAM, and Navigation that are not covered in this e-manual. You can download the pdf of this book.

TIP: It is recommended to use a joystick pad instead of the keyboard for easier control. For more information on remote control, Please refer to Teleoperation page.

TIP: The terminal application can be found with the Ubuntu search icon on the top left corner of the screen. The shortcut key for running the terminal is Ctrl-Alt-T.

TIP: Before executing this command, you have to specify the model name of TurtleBot3. The ${TB3_MODEL} is the name of the model you are using in burger, waffle, waffle_pi. If you want to permanently set the export settings, please refer to Export TURTLEBOT3_MODEL page.

Export TURTLEBOT3_MODEL