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...
View ArticleGazebo 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...
View ArticleSensor 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...
View ArticleRobot "Headlights" in Gazebo
Is it possible to include headlights (or any type of mounted lighting fixture) on your robot model in Gazebo?
View ArticleSimulating 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)...
View ArticleCan 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...
View ArticleROS 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...
View Articleerratic_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...
View ArticleError 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...
View ArticleSimulated 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...
View ArticleGazebo 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 :...
View ArticleErrors 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...
View Articleproblem 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...
View ArticleRunningSimulatorHeadless 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...
View ArticleActivating 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...
View ArticleCompile 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...
View ArticlePublishing 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...
View ArticleGazebo 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:...
View ArticleNo robot hardware, How to study ROS?
I have not robot hardware, how to study ROS? how to debug appliction?
View ArticleHow 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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