flappy_bird_gazebo

A ROS1 package designed to play the flappy bird game in Gazebo.

Installation

• Install yaml-cpp:

   sudo apt install libyaml-cpp-dev

• Install Python dependencies using pip3:

   pip3 install -r requirements.txt

• Finally, install all the dependencies using rosdep:

   rosdep install --from-paths $ROS_WS/src --ignore-src -r -y

• Build the workspace:

   catkin build flappy_bird_gazebo

Usage

• To launch the game and control using arrow keys (up and down), run:

   roslaunch flappy_bird_gazebo flappy_bird.launch

• Optional: configurable parameters such as obstacle gap, inter-obstacle distance, etc., can be controlled using sim_params.yaml file.

Standardization

• The entire package is formatted against roslint and catkin_lint.

Blog

• Check out our article on how we developed this repository and the hurdles we had to go through in doing so.

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