Raspberry Pi Robot Navigation with ROS

We were contacted in late 2018 about a research group using ROS on the GoPiGo3 Raspberry Pi Robot. They published their source code on Github here.

ROS and the GoPiGo3

This repository explains the way to mount a low cost lidar sensor on GoPiGo3 and run the ROS navigation stack with it.

Motivations

Most robots that run ROS and a LIDAR sensor are exceedingly expensive, sometimes more than $1,000. The GoPiGo3 represents an opportunity for researchers and students to work with ROS on a low cost platform, that can cost less than $200 in total.

The Components for running the GoPiGo3 and ROS

More with ROS and the GoPiGo3

You can learn more about running the GoPiGo3 robot and ROS on the Dexter Industries website, buy it on Amazon here, or explore the GoPiGo3 ROS Node on Github here.