lunarpulse/laser_to_pointcloud_demo

point cloud from 2D scans using RRbot gazebo demo

laser assembler node

Brief

This pakckage shows how to use the assembler to make multiple scans into a point cloud

using gazebo demos and laser_assembler

clone this Repository

mkdir catkin_ws/src
git clone https://github.com/lunarpulse/laser_to_pointcloud_demo.git

change the chmod of the files

cd catkin_ws/src/<clone directory>
sudo chmod +x ./src/*.py

install dependencies

sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-laser-assembler ros-kinetic-laser-geometry ros-kinetic-rqt-controller-manager ros-kinetic-ros-controllers ros-kinetic-gazebo-ros ros-kinetic-gazebo-ros-control ros-kinetic-robot-state-publisher ros-kinetic-ros-comm ros-kinetic-gazebo-plugins

launch with a launch file

catkin_make laser_to_pc
source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash
roslaunch laser_to_pcl start.launch