This repo will contain the code for a robot that searches for and locates objects of interest in a room.
rosrun rescuebot runner.py
roscore
roslaunch rescuebot neato_simulator.launch
rviz
roslaunch rescuebot hector_exploration.launch
Now add /hector_exploration_node/global_costmap/costmap topic to rviz so you can see what hector exploration is thinking.
To adjust hector navigation parameters while it is running, open rqt_reconfigure.
rosrun rqt_reconfigure rqt_reconfigure