use a simulated Sicklms200 sensor with ros and gazebo (maybe Player/stage)
Hello, I'm trying to instantiate a robot (anyone would do it for now) in ROS/Gazebo with a simulated Sicklms200 laser. Problem is I didn't find how to attach the lms200 to the robot, and I need this to...
View ArticleWhy is my simulated bumper not working?
I have checked out multiple sources for simulated bumpers in Gazebo and I tried a lot of them. I tried to copy stuff from a lot of models into mine and tried to hook it up but it won't work and gazebo...
View Articlehow to compensate gravity in gazebo ?
Hi I have set PID controllers in gazebo, now I want to add the gravity compensation. what should I do? actually i want to add offset to the output of PID controllers. is there any topic that i can...
View ArticleGazebo and Real world Contact Sensors.
Hi, I want to simulate a Service robot which features bumpers and also I want to build a real one. Now the question is, what topics to use? The Bumper plugin for Gazebo outputs a lot of information on...
View ArticleNo point cloud in Turtlebot Gazebo gmapping
I'm trying to follow this tutorial with Gazebo simulator: [http://learn.turtlebot.com/2015/02/01/11/](http://learn.turtlebot.com/2015/02/01/11/) In the tutorial, (real) Turtlebot is scanning the...
View ArticleRobot Simulation on a ligth device
Hi everyone! Today a have a new question :) I will tell you in what i want to work and hopefully you all could help me. In my proyect a need to simulate a robot on a ligth device. Our device need to be...
View ArticleGazebo camera plugin rendering meshes in wrong order
Trying to load a URDF model in Gazebo, and everything looks good in the Gazebo window. The model includes a Kinect , and when I look at the camera output, it renders the (.STL) meshes in the wrong...
View ArticleRotation error and strange behavior in Gazebo simulation
Hi all, I wrote a basic URDF model for a robot with two wheels at the back and one caster wheel at the front. Then, I am using "turtlesim teleop" to control the robot using the keyboard. But the robot...
View ArticleEnforcing real time factor = 1 in gazebo
Hello Is there a way to enforce real time factor = 1 in gazebo simulation ? I understand that it must come at expense of large or uneven time step and therefore physical accuracy. My intention is to...
View ArticleHow to change the height of the Kinect mounted in turtlebot simulator
Hi, (ROS - Electric; Ubuntu 11.10) I am using Gazebo to simulate turtlebot. How to change the height of the kinect mounted in turtlebot simulator. I need to increase the height of the kinect mount...
View ArticleGazebo Contacts Bumper
How to get position of a contact with respect to to frame of the link that is in contact? I am using Gazebo 1.9 and ROS Indigo. I am getting contact positions wrt world frame.
View ArticleControlling robots in gazebo without using gazebo plugins
Is there a way to control robot models in gazebo by using external controller? I know usually it is controlled using plugins which we are adding in urdf file. I mean, without using a gazebo control...
View Articlecaterpillar belt in gazebo
Hi everyone ! I am trying to build a model in Gazebo which has caterpillar tracks like in tanks. Can you please suggest me how to do that in Gazebo ? The tracks are somewhat similar to the picture in...
View Articleinstallation of gazebo turtlebot simulator
Hi all, I apologise in advance I'm totally new to this. I'm trying to install turtlebot with gazebo simulator. I followed the instructions here:...
View ArticleCannot find controller (following PR2/Gazebo/Quick Start recipe)
Using this recipe (with Indigo) from http://moveit.ros.org/wiki/PR2/Gazebo/Quick_Start I try to get my (crustcrawler/dynamixel) arm working in gazebo. For my complete config see...
View ArticleMaximum number of contacts Gazebo ROS
Where and how can we set maximum number of contacts in Gazebo? By default the max. num. of contacts is 20 "rosparam get /gazebo/max_contacts" Setting the parameter to any other ( ex. 100) " rosparam...
View ArticleUnable to create reliable map for corridor.world gazebo
Hi, I'm trying to build a map in Gazebo with a simulated turtlebot following [this tutorial](http://wiki.ros.org/turtlebot_gazebo/Tutorials/indigo/Make%20a%20map%20and%20navigate%20with%20it). I...
View Articleı want to learn how i save simulation on gazebo
I did setup gazebo for corobot. and i saw my corobot. But ı dont know where i write code or what ı do for making localization corobot. And will be packets on ros page enough for my working or will be...
View ArticleWhy does SimpleActionClient abort?
I'm loosely following [this tutorial](http://wiki.ros.org/pr2_controllers/Tutorials/Moving%20the%20gripper) to write a pr2 gripper client that can open and close the gripper. Many of my actions are...
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