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Simulating a custom robot going up a ramp in Gazebo

Hi all, I tried to simulate a custom 4-wheel robot model (URDF) going up a ramp in gazebo but it cannot do so. It can navigate on the ground plane using a custom base controller but when it tries to go...

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Gazebo headless crashes when starting pr2.launch

Hi all, I am just trying to work out "pr2_mechanism/Tutorials/Running a realtime joint controller". But Gazebo crashes when tried launching pr2. So I ran gazebo headless and it still crashes. Here is...

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Sensor Camera on Gazebo: Could not find parameter robot_description on...

hi all, i'm trying to create a sensor camera on [gazebo](http://www.ros.org/wiki/gazebo), but i have this message on the terminal when i run the launch file: [ERROR] [1323711066.531080823]: Could not...

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Robot "Headlights" in Gazebo

Is it possible to include headlights (or any type of mounted lighting fixture) on your robot model in Gazebo?

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Simulating a thermal camera in gazebo

How can thermal cams be simulated in gazebo? It looks like in principle, gazebo has (or had) support for a [fiducial](http://playerstage.sourceforge.net/doc/Gazebo-manual-0.4.0-html/node13.html)...

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Can gazebo_ros actually use bullet?

I've seen references to bullet and its use with gazebo, but haven't seen any specific information on whether its work in progress or its actually possible now. Anyone know if its possible and how to do...

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ROS Groovy vs. Gazebo

Hi all, is it possible to switch from Gazebo version which comes with Groovy (1.5) to the latest one installed from deb repo according to instructions on gazebosim.org? I mean switch in a way that I...

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erratic_gazebo tutorial not working

hi, I am using cturtle 1.2.4 on ubuntu 10.04 lucid.So I am trying to understand gazebo and 2d navigation stackusing erratic_gazebo stack tutorial.the link of the tutorial is...

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Error while using Gazebo in groovy

I'm new to ROS and my system is Ubantu 12.10 with Groovy Installed in it Followed Steps from www.ros.org/wiki/simulator_gazebo/Tutorials/StartingGazebo Then when i tried to execute roslaunch...

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Simulated Kinect in gazebo with realistic error model

Has anyone extended the [gazebo_ros_openni_kinect](http://www.ros.org/doc/api/gazebo_plugins/html/gazebo__ros__openni__kinect_8cpp_source.html) plugin to deliver noisy data that is closer to reality...

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Gazebo initial view of the world : gui and ogre prefix not defined

Hello, I'm new to ROS and Gazebo. I am trying to change the initial world camera position in Gazebo but I'm facing the same issue described in this topic :...

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Errors starting hector gazebo imu

Hello all, I migrated from electric to fuerte and when I start my custom robot in gazebo I get the following errors. I am using the hector gazebo imu. I could not find (grep) where these errors are...

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problem updating simulator_gazebo1.7.6 in a overlay

Hello, i'm trying to update my simulator gazebo to fix the contact sensors problem, i'am working with ubuntu 12.04 and ROS fuerte, i'm following the...

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RunningSimulatorHeadless gazebo problem

hello, Yesterday i installed a new version of gazebo (1.6.7) but when i launch it was too slow and i can't work, then i decide to run it in headless mode, with this command: roslaunch gazebo_worlds...

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Activating shading for a .stl based environment in gazebo

I built a simple rolling landscape terrain using the sculpt tool in Blender and exported this as STL. Using the terrain in a launch file works ok, but I can't figure out how to activate proper shading...

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Compile gazebo from source

Hi. May I know how exactly to compile simulator_gazebo from source? My understanding is as followed: 1. Check out the source code from the...

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Publishing rate of gazebo sensor plugins broken on fuerte?

Hi everyone, it looks to me like the publish rate of sensors in the currently installed gazebo version from .debs (1.4.15-s1338549736~oneiric) is broken. For instance, if I start the hector quadrotor...

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Gazebo initial view of world - my rendering:gui fltk tag is not working

Ubuntu 12.04 Fuerte Gazebo 1.0.2 Hi The following posts describe how to set the initial distance/orientation of the static camera view when your Gazebo .world file loads:...

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No robot hardware, How to study ROS?

I have not robot hardware, how to study ROS? how to debug appliction?

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How can lights be manipulated in Gazebo 1.0?

In previous Gazebo version, lights added to the world could be found in the list that is now the "models" list in Gazebo 1.0 and they could be selected and grabbed in the 3D view. How can I modify...

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