Getting wrongly rotated pointcloud from openni kinect plugin
Hi, I've been trying to implement the openni kinect plugin for a px4 powered quadcopter simulation. The goal is to generate an octomap and use that to navigate. The resulting point cloud is rotated...
View ArticleHow to drawn dash lines or points on simulator?
Hi everyone, My main reason to use the Gazebo is to test the design of advanced control loop. For comparative visual results, I need to draw points or dash lines (or just lines) where the robot should...
View ArticleIs there a way to tune PD gains online ?
Hi everyone ! So i come up with quite an uncommon question. I am currently using gazebo 6 and controlling my robot (a 30-dof robot) through ros. To do so i am using the gazebo_ros_control plugin....
View ArticleCan someone tell me if a 3D mouse (space navigator) will work with Gazebo?...
Just wanted to know before I purchased one. Thanks!
View ArticleHow to visualize laser beams in velodyne hdl-32 sensor?
I am trying to use velodyne hdl-32 sensor whose details are available [here](http://gazebosim.org/tutorials?tut=guided_i1) . I have create the world file exactly as mentioned here. But I am unable to...
View ArticleHow to visualize laser beams in velodyne hdl-32 sensor?
I am trying to use velodyne hdl-32 sensor whose details are available [here](http://gazebosim.org/tutorials?tut=guided_i1) . I have create the world file exactly as mentioned here. But I am unable to...
View ArticleIs it possible to use dart library for accessing dynamic quantities in gazebo?
Hi I am new in gazebo and I am trying to use "coriolis" vector which is available by using "DART" library in my control law during simulating my robot in gazebo. This vector is available in "DART"...
View ArticleGazebo object spawned in robot link frame does not move with robot link
ROS Indigo on Ubuntu 14.04 with Gazebo 7.3 and Python 2.7 I use a Gazebo service to spawn a fixed object in a link reference frame, but the object remains fixed with respect to the world instead of...
View ArticleMultiple versions on same machine
Dear Gazebo Users, is it possible to have multiple versions of Gazebo available on the same machine? In particular, I am using Ubuntu 14.04 with ROS Indigo and I would keep the gazebo version 2....
View ArticleHow to check which functions are being called?
I'm trying to take a simple event in which the Atlas steps on the ground plane. I want to see which functions ODE calls and the functions ODE uses to determine the constraint forces. I'd like to see...
View ArticleDebug Gazebo Plugin using an IDE and ROS indigo
Hello guys, i am currently developing my own gazebo world plugin that work so far pretty well. However, debugging with gdb in terminal it is a huge pain. I start gzserver via the gazebo_ros package....
View ArticleLoading in CAD model with colors
I have been trying to get a CAD *.step file converted to collada *.dae and to get shown in Gazebo with correct colors. I all cases it seems that I only get the grey uncolored version, when Gazebo...
View ArticleForce Sensor before the gripper
HI all, I have a robot with a peg attached to the end-effector. I added a bumper at the end of the peg. How can I add a force sensor between the end-effector and the peg? I'm working on ros indigo +...
View ArticleGazebo Not Respond after Deleting models!
I write a [model plugin](https://github.com/nubot-nudt/simatch/blob/master/src/gazebo_visual/nubot_gazebo/src/nubot_gazebo.cc) for my soccer-playing robot. I can successful spawn it into my simulation...
View ArticleGAZEBO plugin subscribe to ROS topic
Greetings, I have some problems making a GAZEBO plugin and a ROS node communicate. The ROS node pubblishes correctly the message on the topic, but the plugin isn't able to acces them. This is the code...
View ArticleHow can I declare a variable in model.sdf file?
Hi everyone, I hope this is not a silly question. Is there a way to declare a variable in model.sdf file of a robot and use it multiple times? I've made a hexapod and it has some fixed values such as...
View ArticleDeleting Gazebo model causes Python to freeze
Indigo on Ubuntu 14.04 with Gazebo 7.3 and Python 2.7 Whenever I call the Gazebo model deletion service, Python freezes. No errors or special messages appear when the deletion code runs. This happens...
View ArticleMove model by pressing the button
Hi. I began to study plugins, and faced with the problem. There is a lesson model_pish - http://gazebosim.org/tutorials?tut=plugins_model&cat=write_plugin. I wanted to change it up a bit, but do...
View ArticleAdding a deformable object simulator
None of the physics engines integrated within Gazebo are particularly good for simulating deformable objects which is necessary for simulating soft robots. So I wonder whether there are any plans to...
View ArticleIs it possible to use variables in sdf file?
I am in such a situation that I want to create the same type of robots in gazebo sharing one sdf file. The only differences are robots' name. So can I use a string array robot_name[index], for example,...
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