April tag example with Isaac ROS on NVIDIA Jetson

Clone this repository and run the following command to launch the April tag example on NVIDIA Jetson:

git clone https://github.com/prefix-dev/april-tag.git
cd april-tag
# Download the assets
pixi run setup

In the same terminal, run the following command to launch the April tag example:

pixi run apriltag

Second terminal to play the bag file:

pixi run play

Third terminal to visualize result:

pixi run ros2 topic echo /tag_detections

Optionally, you can visualize the bag file in RViz2:

pixi run rviz2

Why is this useful?

• No need to install ROS2 or Isaac ROS on your NVIDIA Jetson, everything is handled by Pixi.
• No need to use sudo.
• No need to manually install runtime cuda dependencies.
• Non of your other environments break.
• No other user is affected by your changes.
• Everything is reproducible and version-controlled through the lockfile.
• Supports multiple platforms, including NVIDIA Jetson and x86_64 workstations.