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Main Authors: Borse, Saurabh, Viehmann, Tarik, Ferrein, Alexander, Lakemeyer, Gerhard
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.09441
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author Borse, Saurabh
Viehmann, Tarik
Ferrein, Alexander
Lakemeyer, Gerhard
author_facet Borse, Saurabh
Viehmann, Tarik
Ferrein, Alexander
Lakemeyer, Gerhard
contents The Robotino, developed by Festo Didactic, serves as a versatile platform in education and research for mobile robotics tasks. However, there currently is no ROS2 integration for the Robotino available. In this paper, we describe our work on a Webots simulation environment for a Robotino platform extended by LIDAR sensors. A ROS2 integration and a pre-configured setup for localization and navigation using existing ROS packages from the Nav2 suite are provided. We validate our setup by comparing simulations with real-world experiments conducted by three Robotinos in a logistics environment in our lab. Additionally, we tested the setup using a ROS 2 hardware driver for the Robotino developed by team GRIPS of the RoboCup Logistics League. The results demonstrate the feasibility of using ROS2 and Nav2 for navigation tasks on the Robotino platform showing great consistency between simulation and real-world performance.
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spellingShingle A ROS~2-based Navigation and Simulation Stack for the Robotino
Borse, Saurabh
Viehmann, Tarik
Ferrein, Alexander
Lakemeyer, Gerhard
Robotics
The Robotino, developed by Festo Didactic, serves as a versatile platform in education and research for mobile robotics tasks. However, there currently is no ROS2 integration for the Robotino available. In this paper, we describe our work on a Webots simulation environment for a Robotino platform extended by LIDAR sensors. A ROS2 integration and a pre-configured setup for localization and navigation using existing ROS packages from the Nav2 suite are provided. We validate our setup by comparing simulations with real-world experiments conducted by three Robotinos in a logistics environment in our lab. Additionally, we tested the setup using a ROS 2 hardware driver for the Robotino developed by team GRIPS of the RoboCup Logistics League. The results demonstrate the feasibility of using ROS2 and Nav2 for navigation tasks on the Robotino platform showing great consistency between simulation and real-world performance.
title A ROS~2-based Navigation and Simulation Stack for the Robotino
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.09441