Running a local Virtual Machine - tonydle/ur3_unity_sim GitHub Wiki

This guide will show you how to set up a local Virtual Machine (VM) with ROS pre-installed. Once you have a local VM up and running, you can treat it as an Ubuntu machine on your local network. Then follow our guide on how to install our required ROS# package and connect UR3Sim to the network

Contents
  1. Requirements
  2. Installing a local VM with ROS
  3. Installing the required ROS# package and using UR3Sim

1. Requirements

You will need:

  • At least 15 GB of free disk space
  • The VM will use 2 GB of RAM

2. Installing a local VM with ROS

  1. Download and install Oracle VM VirtualBox
  2. Download Ubiquity Robotics' VM image (4 GB) with ROS pre-installed
  3. Unzip to Workstation 1.0.1

⚠️ It will expand to a 10 GB folder, make sure you have enough disk space ⚠️

  1. Open Oracle VM VirtualBox, click on Add then select Workstation 1.0.1.vbox

vm_start

  1. Click Start to start the VM, an error message will likely show up. Choose "Change Network Settings"

vm_error

  1. Choose Attached to: "Bridged Adapter", and hit OK

vm_bridged

  1. Wait for the Ubuntu VM to boot

vm_on

3. Installing the required ROS# package and using UR3Sim

With the VM up and running, your Windows PC will see it as a local Ubuntu machine on the network. Please continue with our guide on how to install the required ROS# package and connect UR3Sim to the network