using and communicating between multiple quadrotors (usign hector_quadrotor)

Hi all,

I am doing a project which simulates multiple UAVs going around a specified area (the project I am working on is a flooded area for search and rescue) sending an image stream back to the user. I am currently familiarizing myself with using the hector_quadrotor package (which is quite a challenge given that I have never used neither ros nor gazebo before). Now I am trying to find out how to spawn multiple UAVs (ideally from the same terminal) and how to communicate between the robots for collision avoidance whilst going around the entire area. Could someone kindly give me a few pointers on how this can be achieved efficiently using ROS?

Thanks a lot in advance,

Asked by jpcallus on 2013-07-09 08:27:02 UTC

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Hi Did you find the solution? I encounter the same problem and do not know how to deal with. Thanks

Asked by hsoltani on 2014-04-29 23:31:58 UTC

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To spawn many robots you can follow the tutorial in gazebosim.org to spawn robots from URDF: http://gazebosim.org/tutorials/?tut=ros_roslaunch. As for communication I have no idea.

Asked by Quadrobo on 2014-05-14 22:49:03 UTC

Thanks for your help.

Asked by hsoltani on 2014-05-21 21:44:57 UTC

No problem. Do reply if you managed to get the communication solved. I am working on the same problem.

Asked by Quadrobo on 2014-05-21 23:50:09 UTC

Sure. You too, please reply if you fix it.

Asked by hsoltani on 2014-05-22 22:20:39 UTC