Installing Hector Slam

Note: Do not install Hector Slam with apt or from the official hector_slam repo. The repo below is made specifically for the YDLidar we gave you.

Navigate to your catkin_ws/src directory and run the following command to clone the hector slam repo as a package in your workspace.

git clone git@github.mit.edu:maslab-2020/YDLiDAR_Hector_SLAM.git

You may have to install qt4 as well.

sudo apt install qt4-default

Then navigate back your catkin_ws directory and run catkin_make.

Hector Slam is now installed as a package in your workspace but it is expecting different tf names than the lidar is producing.

Other Links

https://github.mit.edu/maslab-2020/YDLiDAR_Hector_SLAM https://github.com/NickL77/RPLidar_Hector_SLAM/blob/master/README.md