Setting up mindmap#

Follow these steps to set up mindmap on your system:

Prerequisites
- Install NVIDIA Container Toolkit by following the installation instructions.
- Depending on your docker version, you might need to install the docker buildkit extensions:
```
sudo apt install docker-buildx
```

Clone the mindmap repository

git clone git@github.com:NVlabs/nvblox_mindmap.git

Initialize submodules

Initialize mindmap’s required submodules (nvblox and Isaac Lab):
```
git submodule update --init --recursive
```
Launch the Docker container

Build and launch an interactive Docker container with all dependencies pre-installed:
```
./docker/run_docker.sh
```

Note

The Docker run script will download and install additional third-party open source software projects. Review the license terms of these open source projects before use.

Get started

Choose a workflow from Example Workflows to begin using mindmap.

Note

All dependencies (including IsaacSim and Isaac Lab) required for running mindmap are pre-installed inside the Docker container. No additional installations are needed.

Note

The Docker container automatically mounts three directories from your host machine’s home folder (~/datasets, ~/models, and ~/eval) to the corresponding directories in the container (/datasets, /models, and /eval). This allows you to access your datasets, models, and evaluation results from both the host machine and the Docker container seamlessly.