The main idea of the project is to see if the evolutive neural networks concept can be applied to autonomous mobile robots and agents.

The project has been developed for ROS (Robot Operating System) simulations. The set-up virtual machine version of Ubuntu 16.04 with ROS can be downloaded from the link.

• The project has been developed in VMWare Workstation 15 Pro software
  • This host supports Intel VT-x, but Intel VT-x is disabled ERROR -> solution
• credentials
  • username: student
  • password: student
• Testing the system
  • Open a terminal
  • run gazebo command -> The program should start
  • Open a terminal
  • run roscore command -> The following output should appear

• run gedit ~/.bashrc -> inside the editor add next code block at the end of the file:

  • Set ROS Kinetic source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bashsource ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash
  • Set ROS Network export ROS_HOSTNAME=localhost #if you use ROS only for simulation (no hardeware or other computers) export ROS_MASTER_URI=http://${ROS_HOSTNAME}:11311
  • Set ROS alias command alias cw='cd ~/catkin_ws' alias cs='cd ~/catkin_ws/src' alias cm='cd ~/catkin_ws && catkin_make'

• run source ~/.bashrc -> applies the changes

• sudo apt-get install ros-kinetic-joy ros-kinetic-teleop-twist-joy ros-kinetic-teleop-twist-keyboard ros-kinetic-laser-proc ros-kinetic-rgbd-launch ros-kinetic-depthimage-to-laserscan ros-kinetic-rosserial-arduino ros-kinetic-rosserial-python ros-kinetic-rosserial-server ros-kinetic-rosserial-client ros-kinetic-rosserial-msgs ros-kinetic-amcl ros-kinetic-map-server ros-kinetic-move-base ros-kinetic-urdf ros-kinetic-xacro ros-kinetic-compressed-image-transport ros-kinetic-rqt-image-view ros-kinetic-gmapping ros-kinetic-navigation

• cd ~/catkin_ws/src/

• git clone https://github.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/turtlebot3.git

• git clone https://github.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/turtlebot3_msgs.git

• git clone https://github.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/turtlebot3_simulations.git

• cd ~/catkin_ws && catkin_make

• Clone the repository to the catkin_ws directory (can be accesed with cs command if all is set-up)
• run cm in terminal to make the project

• open a terminal and run roscore -> this terminal needs to be open while any ros program runs
• open a terminal and run:
  • export TURTLEBOT3_MODEL=burger
  • roslaunch turtlebot3_gazebo turtlebot3_world.launch
• open a terminal and run rosrun control_node.py