waypoint_tools

A ROS2 utility package to interactively record waypoints based on the robot's odometry and save them to a JSON file.

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💡 What It Does

• Subscribes to odometry and logs robot's current 2D pose.
• Lets user name waypoints(#TODO) and assign neighbours interactively via terminal.
• Stores waypoint info as a structured JSON file (waypoints.json).
• Parameterized topic name and waypoint limit.

🧑‍💻 Setup

1. 📂 Clone the repository

mkdir -p ~/ros_ws/src
cd ~/ros_ws/src
git clone  https://github.com/manojm-dev/waypoint_tools.git

2. 📦 Install dependencies

cd ~/ros_ws
sudo apt-get update -y && rosdep update && rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -y

3. 🛠️ Building the packages

cd ~/ros_ws
colcon build

🚀 Run the Node

ros2 run waypoint_tools waypoint_recorder_node 

👨‍💻 Author

Made with ❤️ by Manoj M