how does robo studio and gazebo differ?
i am actually looking to simulate obstacle avoidance for an ABB serial manipulator with 6 DOF. so suggest me a simulator that is helfpul in my case.
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I export a hexapod model from solidworks. when i sim this model in gazebo ,it break down in gazebo. and this situtation occur when i set revolute limit effort 1000 ,when i set limit effort 2.8,it will...
View Articleturtlebot_teleop: control moving around keys
Hi everyone, I am going through the [tutorials](http://wiki.ros.org/turtlebot_gazebo/Tutorials/indigo/Explore%20the%20Gazebo%20world) for the turtlebot simulation on Gazebo. I can make the robot move...
View Articleno image received in rviz (turtlebot sim)
Hi everyone, I have just started with Ubuntu, ROS and Gazebo so I really do not know much yet. However, I really want to learn as much as possible and as fast as possible so please help me. I am going...
View ArticleGazebo Q&A is down
It looks like Gazebo Forum is down. So, who do I have to ask? http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/answers.gazebosim.org/
View Articleknowing objects dimension in ROS with a Basler camera
Hi Ros users: I use Ros indigo and ubunto 14.04. I have a Basler camera. I would like to know the width of an object (a cube for example). So the process will be: 1-Camera detecs the object. 2-A ros...
View ArticleGazebo Planar Move Plugin for Omni-Directional Wheel
Hi, I'm trying to simulate Kuka youbot with gazebo. I have a question about gazebo planar move plugin. Since kuka youbot has mecanum wheels, it needs to use gazebo planar move plugin. So I followed...
View ArticleGazebo teleport robot via set_model_state in 0-gravity only moves part of robot
Gazebo 2.2.6 with ROS Indigo. My goal is to teleport a robot hand (without a robot body attached) to arbitrary places in the world, including in mid-air, without the hand falling to the ground....
View ArticleHow to set verbosity level for /gazebo node?
I am trying to display ROS_DEBUG_STREAM_NAMED messages (in terminal and rqt_console) of a class I wrote which is indirectly used by the /gazebo node. This class is part of a ros_control controller I...
View ArticleURDF prismatic joint on 2 axis
Hi all. I have an URDF robot model in GAZEBO with a camera and i wanna move the camera on two axis Y,Z. I know that i have to use the prismatic type, but i cant figure out how to set it. I've tried to...
View Articlestable contact force sensor
Hi all, I'm using the contact sensor plugin in ros (libgazebo_ros_bumper.so) to get the robot contact forces from gazebo. It works very well for the contact positions, but it's extremely unstable in...
View ArticleHow to simulate (floating) particles ?
This is what I am trying to do: I want to create a sphere and put a large number of tiny particles in it in a floating state. When the sphere moves in any direction, the particles should be hitting the...
View Articleurdf_spawner -J option not working as intended
Hi all, I want to set the initial joint positions of a robot in gazebo simulator starting with paused physics. I used the following in the launch file. also I tried, without the -J option in...
View ArticleObjects spawning and falling down immediately in Gazebo
I am trying to simulate a table with many objects on it. But some of objects get spawned quicker than the table, and they simply fall down on the floor. Each time different ones randomly. I am looking...
View Articlehokuyo dies in ros-gazebo, works in gazebo?
I've just upgraded to ROS Jade and Gazebo 5.0 and am having problems with my robot model. When I take out my lidar node, my world works with both $ gazebo myworld.world and $roslaunch mylaunch.launch...
View ArticleFail navigation with sbpl: process has died
I am simulating my own robot in gazebo and I am using sbpl lattice planner for the navigation. First of all, it takes a lot of time for planning (I've been craddling with the parameters and is the...
View Articlegazebo 2.2.2 with ros hydro from source and TurtleBot
I installed ROS-Hydro-Desktop-Full from source in April this year on Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander). During the install, the script installed `Gazebo 2.2.2` using APT-GET. The script also installed...
View ArticleHow to arm or set quadcopter (Iris+) mode while running ArduCopter SITL with...
I am referring to http://dev.ardupilot.com/wiki/using-rosgazebo-simulator-with-sitl/ Based on the code, the following is my understanding of what's happening - - You receive input to ROS (mavros) via...
View ArticleHow to run baxter gripper_keyboard.py with custom electric grippers
I'm trying to run `gripper_keyboard.py` with my custom Baxter URDF that includes the electric grippers. But i keep getting an error message saying that "custom grippers cannot be used". Has anyone...
View ArticleHelp Building Custom BAXTER grippers
I need help figuring out these two errors. They are both related, so solving one should solve the other. I'm building custom grippers for Baxter in Ros-Indigo (ubuntu 1404.2). I've built a custom URDF...
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