How to give Octomap data to the Planning Scene? (MoveIt!)
Hello, I'm relatively new to MoveIt and ROS. For the past week, I have been trying to configure the 3D sensor (a Kinect) on my robot model to work in MoveIt!, following the tutorial...
View ArticleRange sensor does not detect objects in gazebo
Hi, I am new to ROS and try to create an urdf file to represent my robot in rviz and gazebo, but I can't get the range sensor to detect objects in the simulator. The message at /arduino/sensor/ir_left...
View Articlepointcloud2 transform c++/python
running kinetic, ubuntu 16.04, gazebo 7, sawyer simulator with intera 5.2, kinect/openni camera warning: i am very new to ROS, C++ and Python. trying to transform a point cloud (type `PointCloud2`,...
View Articlerobot_localization non uniform inaccurate odometry
Im running a simulation in Gazebo combining the odomery data (coming from the differential drive plugin) and the imu data (from GazeboRosImuSensor plugin). Im quite new to ROS and im totally confused...
View ArticleRobot approaching another robot using move base
I have a simulation in gazebo with two husky robots husky1 and husky2. What I want to do is make husky2 approach husky1 which will be controlled by keyboard. I tried using husky's...
View ArticleI am facing problem in catkin_make when trying to compile a package with...
[ 98%] Built target uuv_gazebo_ros_cpc_plugin [100%] Built target uuv_gazebo_ros_imu_plugin /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lDepthCameraPlugin /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lGpuRayPlugin /usr/bin/ld: cannot...
View Article"right_arm_base_link" passed to lookupTransform argument target_frame does...
ros kinetic, ubuntu 16.04, gazebo 7, intera 5.2 (for sawyer robot), kinect camera in simulation. trying to transform pointcloud from kinect frame to base from of a sawyer robot. i've coded for this...
View ArticleHow to get control outputs from ROS_Control?
Hello, I am working on the Kinova Jaco2 arm. They have provided a ROS package which works with the real arm and the virtual arm in Gazebo. They have also set up the arm in MoveIt! Now I have two...
View Articlecan multiple instances of gazebo and/or roscore run in parallel
Hi, I have a project I am working on that would be incredibly helpful if I could run multiple instances of gazebo or multiple **roscore** simultaneously. Multiple gazebos would be ideal but if I could...
View ArticleStart another Node from pythonscript
Hello Guys, first of all here is my setup : Ubuntu 16.04 with ROS kinetic and Gazebo 7.0. I have a Scenario where a simulated turtlebot drives to several objects. Actual i need some pointcloud data...
View ArticleNaNs in /joint_states when using joint_trajectory_controller in namespace
Hello all, Short Version: I have a Husky and a Kinova arm which I'd like to run under a namespace. This block of code results in a correctly spawned Husky with an arm (albeit uncontrolled) in Gazebo:...
View ArticleRepublish a topic data
Hello, first of all here is my setup : Ubuntu 16.04 with ROS kinetic and Gazebo 7.0. I have a Scenario where a simulated turtlebot drives to several objects. Actual i need some pointcloud data from him...
View ArticleRobotino gazebo
Hello, I'm trying to launch robotino simulation, but I can not control it, because there is some problem with the robotino node. The official package from svn is without robotino_msgs, so I have used...
View ArticleHow to record a video of Turtlebot's view on Gazebo?
I'm pretty new to ros, and I'd like to record the view of a turtlebot as it moves around. I want to do it by a python or cpp script, so, not like that: http://learn.turtlebot.com/2015/02/04/4/ Any...
View Articletf problem of stereo_odometer in viso2_ros
I am simulating a four wheel robot with a stereo camera. When I: "rosrun viso2_ros stereo_odometer", a WARN comes: [ WARN] [1527666187.078464034, 18.886000000]: The tf from '/base_link' to...
View ArticleProblem with two huskies in navigation
I followed this https://answers.ros.org/question/41433/multiple-robots-simulation-and-navigation/ to make two huskies in navigation stack. When i launch navigation file and rviz I can set the map and...
View ArticleA start algorithm doesn't work on gazebo house
I used relaxed A start algorithm for ROS found on github and used it on gazebo turtlebot3 simulation and house world. Basically it works but only with goal close to start point . If i try to select a...
View Articlearming and takeoff with mavros !
Hello I am successfully able to launch mavros_posix_sitl.launch, but i am unaware of using mavros command like arming and takeoff. However i tried using rosservice call /mavros/cmd arming and set it to...
View ArticleGmapping doesn't notice robot is stuck on Gazebo
Hello ! I am trying to do slam with gmapping on a custom robot simulated on Gazebo. My robot has a squared base, two wheel at the front, one caster at the back, a laser scan(similar to RpLidar) and an...
View Articlehow does Moveit communicate to Gazebo?
Hi all, I was able to simulate the UR5 and control it in simulation from RViz, fololwing these steps: $ roslaunch ur_gazebo ur5.launch $ roslaunch ur5_moveit_config...
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