Best Practice: URDF descriptions, real robots, gazebo plugins and dependencies
Most complex URDF models use quite a few gazebo plugins. This often means that a dependency to "gazebo_plugins" (or other plugins) exists in the manifest.xml, which in turn means the inclusion of...
View Articlecalling service from c++ code. /gazebo/set_model_state
hi, i want to call the service /gazebo/set_model_state from gazebo package. I can do it by command-console: rosservice call /gazebo/set_model_state '{model_state: { model_name: my_robot, pose: {...
View ArticleObject origin not handled correctly by Gazebo for lighting?
Similar to the case described [here](http://answers.ros.org/question/3922/inertia-origin-set-in-urdf-handled-wrong-by-gazebo) for the mass origin, I strongly suspect that gazebo does not handle the...
View ArticleHow to simulate food items in gazebo
We need to work on project which involves PR2 to pickup food items from a container[bowl] using a fork/spoon. But since we are very new to ROS/Gazebo, we are not sure about which type of food we can...
View ArticleUnable to run gazebo 1.0.0 RC2
Hi there, I have just installed Ubuntu and ROS and gazebo-1.0.0-RC2 but when I run the gzserver command this is what I get: Gazebo multi-robot simulator, version 1.0.0-RC2 Copyright (C) 2011 Nate...
View Articleposition control of uav
Hi guys , i would like to create a node for position control. It should get current position values and the target position values . For control i want to use a common PID Control for each...
View ArticleIs there a list of free available robot models for gazebo?
Hi, I wanted to know if there is a list of free available robots to play with in gazebo; such as [turtlebot](http://www.ros.org/wiki/turtlebot_simulator), [PR2](http://www.ros.org/wiki/pr2_simulator),...
View Articlepiloting an UAV model in Gazebo.
hi all, I need to pilot ah UAV model in gazebo simulation. I used tha asctec_driver stack for making my UAV model with some adjustmet on it ([pelican model in...
View ArticleSetting near/far clip planes in gazebo visualization
Using gazebo, I often get noticable artifacts which I strongly suspect to be related to Z-Fighting due to the far clip plane being unnecessary far away (or the near clip plane being close). How can I...
View ArticleFuerte - no transformations published when using spawn_model
Hello fellow ROSers, I've recently tried upgrading from Electric to Fuete but I'm getting errors relating to publishing of the transforms after I spawn a model. I started out with the simple spawning...
View ArticleGazebo own Materials Path
Hi there!! I am beginning working with gazebo and Ros-Fuerte. I created a package with this comand: roscreate-pkg gazebo_tutorials std_msgs rospy roscpp gazebo In the Directory I insert this other...
View ArticleGazebo URDF Options
So far, in every example urdf that I can find, the tag for ray sensors has one of three settings: `false`, `fan`, or `lines`. I've tried my best to search for some documentation on these options, but...
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...
View ArticleNo robot hardware, How to study ROS?
I have not robot hardware, how to study ROS? how to debug appliction?
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 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 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 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 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 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...
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