niniack / hector-quadrotor-noetic

Hector Quadrotor ported to ROS Noetic with Gazebo 11

hector_quadrotor ported to ROS Noetic & Gazebo 11

.:: First version, please tell me the issues or help me to fix it ::.

I took part of this from The Construct's repo and YouTube chanel.

Requirements

I. You need the following packages before install hector_quadrotor_noetic.

• unique_identifier:

  git clone https://github.com/ros-geographic-info/unique_identifier.git

• geographic_info:

  git clone https://github.com/ros-geographic-info/geographic_info.git

II. Build.

cd ~/catkin_ws && catkin_make

III. Clone hector_quadrotor_noetic.

git clone https://github.com/RAFALAMAO/hector_quadrotor_noetic.git

IV. Repeat step II.

Usage

Run a simulation by executing the launch file in hector_quadrotor_gazebo and hector_quadrotor_demo packages (only these work at the momment, but you can try the other ones):

• roslaunch hector_quadrotor_gazebo quadrotor_empty_world.launch
• roslaunch hector_quadrotor_demo outdoor_flight_gazebo.launch
• roslaunch hector_quadrotor_demo outdoor_flight_gazebo_no_rviz.launch
• roslaunch hector_quadrotor_demo two_drones_empty.launch

You can control it with teleop_twist_keyboard.

• git clone https://github.com/ros-teleop/teleop_twist_keyboard

Test

Here is a video testing it: