Spawning pr2 problem (pr2_simulator)
Hello everyone, I have problems with the pr2_simulator. I have installed it and I was following the first steps in the "Introductory Tutorials" of pr2_simulator. I was trying to spawn the pr2 robot in...
View ArticleUnavailable Gazebo task tutorials PR2 robot
Hi! i have the following problem, It looks like the package used by the tutorials pr2_simulator gazebo tutorials http://wiki.ros.org/pr2_simulator/Tutorials/SimpleGraspingDemo and...
View ArticleHow to control UR5/UR10
I have been digging into the topic and apparently there are at least three options when it comes to controlling both UR models: - Action interface: I would need to learn how to use actionlib properly...
View ArticleBattery Usage Simulation in Gazebo
Hi All What is best practice in simulating a robot's battery usage in gazebo? I have a robot, and therefore a general "model" plugin for it. Should I be crating a sensor plugin to simulate battery...
View ArticleCan 1 gazebo model have multiple model plugins?
Hi Can 1 gazebo model have multiple model plugins associated to it? Thanks
View ArticleGAZEBO ROS extremely slow runs on ubuntu 12.04 precise
Hi everyone! I m newbie to this platform, new I have installed GAZEBO 1.9.7 and ROS Hydro on ubuntu 12.04 precise. I have been investigating examples but I have seen extremely slow. For instance;...
View ArticleAvoidance obstacles
Hi Ros Users: I like to do the next thing: i have a P3DX model in ROS/Gazebo with hokuyo senson. I'd like that when Hokuyo sensor detects a obstacle P3DX will be able to avoidance it. So for example...
View ArticleUsing Indigo with Gazebo 5
Is it possible to use Gazebo 5 with Indigo? The Indigo [install docs](http://wiki.ros.org/indigo/Installation/Ubuntu) say it comes with Gazebo 2, which is ancient and has a lot of usability issues....
View ArticleGazebo: disable physics or enable kinematics through code/command line
I know that Gazebo has its own answers page, but it doesn't seem to be up anymore so I thought I might try here. I am trying to send model state information to gazebo for my robot, and control it using...
View ArticleHelp needed for gazebo simulation record
Hi Everyone: Did anyone of you try to record a gazebo simulation into a video? The only instructions available is https://alliance.seas.upenn.edu/~meam620/wiki/index.php?n=Roslab.RecordingSimulations...
View ArticleUsing IKFast plugin with Gazebo
Hi, Is it possible to use **IKFast plugin** with **Gazebo**? I would like to have the inverse kinematics of the robot when I run the robot in Gazebo. In fact, the plugin for ikfast is ready (consider...
View ArticleHow to create a waypoint in a simulation generated with the tum_simulator...
The tum_simulator package allows to simulate a ardrone in gazebo. I want to create a control package allowing me to set waypoints in this simulation and see the drone moving between them. Possibly also...
View ArticleRay sensors colliding with robot collision mesh
I know this belongs to Gazebo Answers, but it is not working to me. I have found a problem when my robot is moving fast, the Gazebo ray sensors (range finder or sonar simulation) collides with the...
View Articlelaunch a .stl file
Hi Ros Users: I have a .stl file and I just would like to launch in a gazebo empty world with a .launch. How con I do that? Thanks a lot !
View ArticleOptional Parameters from .launch to .xarco
Hi All Can someone please tell how I would be able to send **optional** parameters from a .launch file to a .urdf.xarco file. I have a gazebo model where I want to optionally send the material. Eg. By...
View Articletextures in a stl file
Hello: I would like to ask a question. I have a .stl file wich contains a chessboard. I have a .xacro wich is referencing a stl file and I have a .launch wich run .xacro My problem is that when I see...
View ArticleAxes problem
Hi Ros Users: I have just done a chessboard on Blender and then i have put it on gazebo via xacro file and a launch file. But I have a problem with the axes of the chessboard. have a look at the next...
View ArticleHusky Navigation tutorial simulation problem
Hi, when I run the husky navigation tutorial with Gazebo, Rviz and the husky navigation launch files I get the folllowing errors: in Gazebo terminal: [ekf_localization-6] process has died [pid 24421,...
View ArticleHardwareInterface problem with Gazebo and ros_control
Hello! I am trying to simulate a full custom robot with Gazebo and MoveIt but I am running into one problem: gazebo cannot find the proper hardware interface for the joints in the URDF file. I need to...
View ArticleHow to simulate an octomap file (.ot) in gazebo?
Hi all: I have a map defined by an Octomap file (.ot extension) wich I can visualize properly in rviz using octomap_server. However, I couldn't find an easy way to import this map into gazebo in order...
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