Welcome to Snowbots! This repo is where you'll be working on a navigation onboarding challenge - to make our robot Olaf avoid obstacles in the real world! The goal of this is to become comfortable working with C++ and ROS, and also be used to our development processes! This challenge will look a little intimidating at first, as we've been intentionally vague in several places, but this is so we can get you to use the power of google or to ask us for help (that's what we're here for!) for problem solving.
Our robot for IARRC, Olaf is a modified RC car that you'll interface with via USB
When you're assigned a project, it will be in the form of a Github Issue, so it's important that you can read and interpret them, and also ask for clarification if needed. You can read the issue for the this onboarding under the Issues page on this repository.
Just when you thought this wasn't like school.... this onboarding aims to teach you the following things:
- interpreting requirements and clarifying potentially vague github issues
- C++ skillz
- general ROS knowledge
- experience with basic algorithm development
- Fork this repository
- Clone your fork.
- Run
catkin_maketo ensure that everything compiles - Open a branch on your fork for your solution (call it whatever you want)
- Copy
sample_packagetoobstacle_avoidance - Update all the files
obstacle_avoidanceas appropriate (you'll have to read through them all and update them if needed. If you're not sure what a file is for, feel free to ask us). - Develop a solution based on the github issue mentioned above (make sure to write some gTests and at least 1 ROSTest for your solution).
- Push your solution to this repository using the standard fork and pull request workfow.