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[ROS Q&A] 093 – How to see a ROS Image that is published in a remote computer

by Ruben Alves | Jan 15, 2018 | ROS Q&A

In this video we show you how you can see on your local computer a ROS Image or Laser that is being published in a remote computer. Q: How to see in my local computer a ROS Image published remotely. A: You have to export your ROS_MASTER_URI to point to the external...

On not using ROS for your robotics startup

by Ricardo Tellez | Jan 11, 2018 | ROS Q&A

This post comes as a reply to the post written by Antti Alhonen from Pulurobotics, where he stated his reasons for not using ROS on the robotics products of his company. Having read the article, I do agree with him that not every robotics product must use ROS. It...

[ROS Q&A] 092 – Incorrect opening a urdf file in Gazebo

by Miguel Angel | Jan 9, 2018 | ROS Q&A

How to fix an issue in which the robot model joints break and collapse: https://answers.ros.org/question/279033/incorrect-opening-a-urdf-file-in-gazebo/?answer=279141#post-id-279141 Q:Incorrect opening a urdf file in Gazebo A: You have to recalculate the inertias...

[ROS Q&A] 091 – Python variable scope problem

by Marco Arruda | Jan 9, 2018 | ROS Q&A

https://youtu.be/wG-ak__ryZ8

[ROS Q&A] 090 – Get Nodes Names with code

by Alberto Ezquerro | Jan 9, 2018 | ROS Q&A

In this video I will show you how to a list of the nodes names in a ROS system (just as 'rosnode list' does), using a very simple Python Script. https://youtu.be/1pNzje2ictg