How to setup Donkey car simulator

To get started with the Donkey car simulator the following steps should be followed:

1. Go to: https://docs.donkeycar.com/guide/host_pc/setup_ubuntu/ and install the conda environment and the developer install standing in the HOME directory. You do not need to create a new car/ local working directory since it can be found in Imitation_Learning/simulation_donkeycar.

mkdir ~/projects
cd ~/projects
git clone https://github.com/autorope/donkeycar
cd donkeycar
conda create -n donkey python=3.9
conda activate donkey
git checkout main
pip install -e .[pc]

1. Clone and install the donkey car gym.

cd ~/projects
git clone https://github.com/tawnkramer/gym-donkeycar
cd gym-donkeycar
conda activate donkey
pip install -e .[gym-donkeycar]

If you have problems with installation, visit: https://docs.donkeycar.com/guide/deep_learning/simulator/#installation-video for further instructions.

1. Download and unzip the simulator in /projects from: https://github.com/tawnkramer/gym-donkeycar/releases. (tested on v22.11.06) Don't forget to run the following command to make the simulator executable:

cd ~/projects/DonkeySimLinux
chmod +x donkey_sim.x86_64

Follow the instruction in IMITATION_LEARNING.md.md for generating the training data.