From 5602ea62f93a1dfbb89d4db620dc9013691c206f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sergi Hernandez Juan <shernand@iri.upc.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:14:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added the initial version of a README file. --- README.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..df612d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +# Description + +This ROS package encapsulates the IMU sensor from the [Hector gazebo plugins package](http://wiki.ros.org/hector_gazebo_plugins) in a xacro macro to simplify its integration. + +# Dependencies + +This node has the following ROS dependencies: + + * [Hector gazebo plugins package](http://wiki.ros.org/hector_gazebo_plugins) + +This dependencies can be installed with the following command: + +``` +sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-hector-gazebo-plugins +``` + +This node has the following ROS IRI dependencies: + + * [IRI Microstrain IMU description](https://gitlab.iri.upc.edu/labrobotica/ros/sensors/imu/iri_microstrain_imu_description). + + +# Install + +This package can be cloned to an active workspace with the following command: + +``` +roscd +cd ../src +git clone https://gitlab.iri.upc.edu/labrobotica/ros/sensors/imu/iri_imu_gazebo.git +``` + +# How to use it + +This IMU gazebo model is automatically included when an IMU sensor in included in a xacro or urdf file. This plugin can be fully configured by a YAML file which is provided as a parameter to the xacro macro. + +A separate YAML file is provided for each IMU sensor. At the moment the supported sensors are: + + * Microstrain 3dm-gx3-25 + -- GitLab