INTRO
This guide assumes :
- ROS is setup properly and configured
- Turtle bot is configured properly
- The Hokuyo Desciption is configured properly
- Set up Gazebo Plugin
STEPS
- Navigate to the /turtlebot_description/robots folder
- Create a copy of whichever file corresponds to your robot's configuration
- Now edit that file to add the following line.
<sensor_hokuyo parent="base_link"/>
To specify you want to use the Hokuyo urdf you just created, run the following in the terminal:
export TURTLEBOT_3D_SENSOR="hokuyo"
`*Note that the Kinect will still be equipped and publishing fake laser scans on the /scan topic. To change this, modify the remap section of the launch file to remap the fake laser scans to another topic*`