Building gazebo plugins with eclipse
Hello, I'm trying to set up a gazebo plugin project under Eclipse. I'm using a simple example to try to make it work, but for some reason, it won't link against the SDFormat libararies. I've set up the...
View ArticleAckermann Steered Vehicle Controlled by ROS
Hey! I am very new to Gazebo and I am try to make / find a package that will allow me to simulate an ackermann steered vehicle in gazebo and control it through ROS. I was hoping for something along the...
View ArticleHow to make move_group_python node move the pr2 in gazebo
How can i make the move_group_python_interface_tutorial.py to move the pr2 robot inside the gazebo. I have moved the pr2 inside the gazebo from [this...
View ArticleHow to properly use get_sensor?
Hi, I have some code which uses get_sensor to get a laser sensor, however when I want to use two of this model, they get muddled up as I can't reference the full model name. sensors::SensorPtr...
View ArticleProblem with collision on heightmap
I experience some problems with my robot walking over my terrain genereted by a heightmap. When my robot starts walking the collision with the terrain seems to be working, but after around a meter the...
View ArticleHumanoid robot paradigm
I am trying to build a Gazebo simulation of a humanoid robot from scratch. It would be very helpful if I could find some model formulation which follows common standards, since I am not a ROS/Gazebo...
View ArticleBullet with gazebo_ros_control
Hello everyone, I have a working model of my robot (controled with ros) simulated with gazebo with ODE as physic engine. I tried with Bullet and the gazebo_ros_control doesn't seems to work. Gazebo...
View ArticleIs it possible to use multiple sets of texture coordinates for one mesh?
Good Evening, I am trying to create a simple material script using two sets of UV coordinates, in order to achive quality lightmapping. The geometry I use for testing this is Blender's monkey primitive...
View ArticleIs it possible to screenshot a simulation using python? Like can I access the...
I'm trying to screenshot my gazebo simulation every so many time steps. Also, I'm trying to get a orthography view of the simulation when I screenshot. However, I want to achieve all of this...
View ArticleModifying DefaultRobotHWSim for realistic wheel encoders
Hello, I am trying to add realistic wheel encoders to my Gazebo simulation. I use ros_control's `DiffDriveController`, which sends velocity commands and reads the `JointStates` topic published my...
View ArticleSingle stepping - ways to speed it up?
I'm trying to get gazebo and Simulink to play nicely together. The primary issue is that Simulink runs an integrator, gazebo also runs an integrator, and there's no obvious way to make sure the two...
View ArticleGroundplane in Gazebo vs. Rviz
I'm having some problems with how Gazebo and Rviz treat the simulated world our robot is running in. In Gazebo, our robot appears on the groundplane and moves and navigates successfully between goals...
View ArticleGazebo contact sensor added to a robot link in urdf file is not working as...
I have added a contact sensor to one of the finger links of a robot's gripper as follows:bh_finger_13_link_collision 5 On lauching the urdf file, I am getting the `gazebo topics...
View Article.sdf and .world file (correct usage)
Hi, I have been using Gazebo for about a year now and I am still very confused about .sdf and .world files. Are they the same thing? Some of the tutorials use .world file to make a world...
View ArticleGazebo 5.4 premature release?
Today I got the following problem when launching Gazebo (Ubuntu 14.04): [Err] [RTShaderSystem.cc:414] Unable to find shader lib. Shader generating will fail.[Err] [Server.cc:285] Could not open...
View ArticleDecreasing trolley drift (cart: front steering)
I've just modeled a trolley for my robot to pull around, however I can't make it stop drifting. I've added friction to the wheel joints, but it does not produce any effect. I observe the same drift...
View ArticleBroken gazebo7 in Ubuntu16.04 packages
Hi, After a long time running on Ubuntu 14.04, I finally decided to upgrade my distro last week. Before I started, I deleted every files and bashrc entries concerning ROS indigo I installed previously....
View ArticleCan I add fixed camera at the top of the world?
I have a robot simulation and I want to add the camera to the world facing down over the simulation. Can I do this without attaching the camera to anything? Thanks!
View ArticleGazebo crashes on model deletion
I am attempting to delete (and subsequently re-spawn, with a different 3D mesh) a static model in Gazebo. When I do, Gazebo is crashing consistently. Here is an excerpt from the gazebo log: gzserver:...
View ArticleRotate joint around given axis (steer car)
Hello, I have a car whose front wheel are connected to chassis in this manner : chassiswheel_front_left0 -1 0-0.52359877559829880.52359877559829880 0 1 In order to steer my car, I want to set the...
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