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+# Description
+
+This package contains navigation related parameter and launch files particular to the Helena robot. 
+
+# Dependencies
+
+This node has the following dependencies:
+
+ * [iri_rosnav](https://gitlab.iri.upc.edu/labrobotica/ros/navigation/iri_rosnav)
+
+# Install
+
+This package, as well as all IRI dependencies, can be installed by cloning the
+repository inside the active workspace:
+
+```
+roscd
+cd ../src
+git clone https://gitlab.iri.upc.edu/labrobotica/ros/robots/helena/iri_helena_rosnav.git 
+```
+
+However, this package is normally used as part of a wider installation (i.e. a
+robot, an experiment or a demosntration) which will normally include a complete
+rosinstall file to be used with the [wstool](http://wiki.ros.org/wstool) tool.
+
+# How to use it
+
+ * nav.launch: example using a navigation with a map and AMCL localization
+ * nav_mapping.launch: example using navigation with gmapping SLAM.
+ 
+ See its arguments for more detail on configuration possibilities.
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 <package format="2">
   <name>iri_helena_rosnav</name>
   <version>0.0.0</version>
-  <description>The iri_helena_rosnav package</description>
+  <description>This package contains navigation related parameter and launch files particular to the Helena robot. </description>
 
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   <!-- <maintainer email="jane.doe@example.com">Jane Doe</maintainer> -->
-  <maintainer email="fherrero@iri.upc.edu">fherrero</maintainer>
+  <maintainer email="labrobotica@iri.upc.edu">IRI_labrobotica</maintainer>
 
 
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