Setting acceleration of object using plugins
Hi, I was going through the Gazebo model plugin tutorials (http://gazebosim.org/tutorials?tut=plugins_model&ver=1.9%2B&cat=write_plugin). I was successfully able to set velocity of the object...
View ArticlePerform one simulation step
Hello everyone! I'm want to interface ROS and Gazebo to perform a robot control task. However, I want to have full control of the simulation evolution, by arbitrating the simulation steps. To be more...
View ArticleOlder version of protoc which is incompatible with your Protocol Buffer headers
I'm trying to install gazebo_ros_pkgs on ROS Indigo with the debian version of Gazebo 2.2. However, I'm getting lots of error due to mismatched protobuf header versions:> This file was generated by...
View Article"This file was generated by an older version of protoc" while following...
Running Ubuntu 13.04 and Gazebo 1.9 I'm trying to follow the tutorial found [here](http://gazebosim.org/wiki/Tutorials/1.3/intermediate/animate_pose) but when I try to make it, it returns a huge page...
View ArticleIs there an existing model for a ball on beam system?
Hello everyone, I have a couple of hours next week that I was planning to spend with our favorite simulation framework. Before I started though, I wanted to check if there already was an existing model...
View ArticleLoading multiple system plugins with Gazebo + ROS
I'm using ROS Indigo with Gazebo. I've created a system plugin for Gazebo that interfaces with ROS. I want to load this system plugin in addition to the the gazebo_ros system plugin...
View ArticleGazebo launch error OSX 10.10.5
Hello, I followed the instructions to install gazebo on OSX but I get an error when running the command gazebo. I tried brew update and still get the same error. I've resolved the results from brew...
View ArticleDefinition of multiple light sources in a world file
Hi guys, i need to include multiple light sources in my world file. By adding the default sun model in .gazebo/models as well as a manual defined directional light gazebo (v 2.2.3) crashes (for code...
View ArticleCMakeLists for plugin compilation
Hello, I don't relly know how to use CMAKE. I would like to add some more .cc files to compile a model or world plugin for gazebo. Until now, I took the CMakLists.txt file given in the tutorial to...
View ArticleDeactivate /clock topic in gazebo ros plugins
Hi, is it possible to deactivate the /clock-topic using gazebo with the ros_plugin? This causes conflicts, when also rosbags are replayed, when containing a own /clock topic. Best regards!
View ArticleSet model velocity via msgs in Gazebo 6
I need to move a model smoothly from keyboard. For this I need to set velocity of a model via messages. In Messages API I found only static pose arguments. In a few places on the internet I saw some...
View ArticleGet data from sensor to control a robot
Hi, I'm totally new to Gazebo and I'm currently trying to exploit the data from the laser sensor I put on a robot. I noticed this post :...
View ArticleRobot spawns upside down
When loading a robot model in gazebo from ROS and URDF the robot always spawns upside down and I am unable to figure out why. The URDF is included below: **wheel.urdf:**...
View ArticleGetting different behaviours of the same robot that I launch in two different...
Hello, I installed Gazebo in a remote machine that has 40 cores but no good graphic card (Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd). This allows me to accelerate learning process (I am using genetoc algorithm to...
View ArticleControl a differental drive robot without ROS
Hi, First of all, I'm a newbie in this field. I want to control a differential drive robot(polaris2dx), basically, I need to move the robot to a specific location with a given pose. How can I apply...
View Articlechange actor behaviour at runtime
Hi there, is it possible to change the behaviour of an actor at runtime? For example changing the trajectory or adding new waypoints to it. Maybe via a topic or a plugin? Many thanks in advance and...
View ArticleGazebo cannot start with camera
Hi, when I try to load any world with a camera I find this error: *$ gazebo --verbose worlds/camera.world Gazebo multi-robot simulator, version 6.1.0 Copyright (C) 2012-2015 Open Source Robotics...
View ArticleIs there a library or function for calculating distance/angles between models?
I need to calculate the real, not estimated, distance and angles between two models in Gazebo. I need to know what angle the second model is in the z and y direction from the first model, using the...
View ArticleError while launching model in gazebo
I have built an urdf file from solidworks and converted the urdf to sdf as below. 0 0 0 0 -0 0-0.3317 -0.71959 -0.39019 0 -0 00.553780.00612490.00016086-8.6651e-180.0041631-1.4656e-170.0102830 0 0 0...
View Articleprojector transformation set in urdf is ignored
Hi, all I'm trying to use gazebo with PR2 Robot, and I have a trouble with projector. The pattern is projected behind of the PR2.  Looking into the...
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