Installing the robot software

PyRobot 0.0.1 is currently only supported on Ubuntu 16.04.

Installing both PyRobot and LoCoBot

  • Install Ubuntu 16.04

  • Download the installation script

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install curl
curl 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/facebookresearch/pyrobot/master/robots/LoCoBot/install/locobot_install_all.sh' > locobot_install_all.sh
  • Run the script to install everything (ROS, realsense driver, etc.).

If you want to use real LoCoBot robot, please run the following command: Please connect the nuc machine to a realsense camera before running the following commands.

#-t Decides the type of installation. Available Options: full or sim_only
#-p Decides the python version for pyRobot. Available Options: 2 or 3
chmod +x locobot_install_all.sh 
./locobot_install_all.sh -t full -p 2

If you want to use simulated LoCoBot in Gazebo only, please run the following commands instead:

#-t Decides the type of installation. Available Options: full or sim_only
#-p Decides the python version for pyRobot. Available Options: 2 or 3
chmod +x locobot_install_all.sh 
./locobot_install_all.sh sim -t sim_only -p 2

Note: To install Python 3 compatible PyRobot, modify -p 2 to -p 3 in the above commands.

Installing just PyRobot

If you have done the steps above, you don't need to run the steps below.

sudo apt-get -y install ros-kinetic-orocos-kdl ros-kinetic-kdl-parser-py ros-kinetic-python-orocos-kdl ros-kinetic-trac-ik
  • Install Python virtual environment
sudo apt-get -y install python-virtualenv
virtualenv_name="pyenv_pyrobot"
VIRTUALENV_FOLDER=~/${virtualenv_name}
virtualenv --system-site-packages -p python2.7 $VIRTUALENV_FOLDER
  • Install PyRobot
cd ~
mkdir -p low_cost_ws/src
cd ~/low_cost_ws/src
source ~/${virtualenv_name}/bin/activate
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/facebookresearch/pyrobot.git
cd pyrobot
pip install .
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