REEM, the humanoid service robot created by PAL Robotics, can be now used for educational purposes in simulation. These packages show different capabilities of the robot: playing upperbody motions, perception, autonomous navigation, etc.

• Ubuntu 12.04
• ROS Fuerte
• Gazebo 1.8.6 standalone

for detailed instructions on how to install the requirements please check the following PDF:

https://github.com/reem-education/stacks/blob/fuerte/REEM_simulation_slides.pdf?raw=true

cd
mkdir reem-education
cd reem-education

rosinstall . https://raw.github.com/reem-education/stacks/fuerte/reem-education-ros-fuerte-gazebo-1.8.6-standalone.rosinstall

Append the following text in your ~/.bashrc file:

. /opt/ros/fuerte/setup.bash

. /usr/share/gazebo-1.8/setup.sh

export ROS_PACKAGE_PATH=$HOME/reem-education/stacks:/opt/ros/fuerte/share:/opt/ros/fuerte/stacks
export GAZEBO_PLUGIN_PATH=`rospack find ros_control_gazebo_plugin`/lib:$GAZEBO_PLUGIN_PATH
export GAZEBO_PLUGIN_PATH=`rospack find atlas_msgs`/lib:$GAZEBO_PLUGIN_PATH
export GAZEBO_PLUGIN_PATH=`rospack find pal_gazebo_plugins`/lib:$GAZEBO_PLUGIN_PATH
export GAZEBO_MODEL_PATH=`rospack find reem_gazebo`/models:$GAZEBO_MODEL_PATH
export GAZEBO_RESOURCE_PATH=`rospack find reem_gazebo`/reem_gazebo/worlds:$GAZEBO_RESOURCE_PATH

Open a new terminal so that the changes in ~/.bashrc take effect.

Then build the packages:

rosmake -a --pre-clean

Follow the instructions in the following PDF:

https://github.com/reem-education/stacks/blob/fuerte/REEM_simulation_slides.pdf?raw=true