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[ROS Q&A] 070 – Moving Joints in Gazebo Simple Example

by Ricardo Tellez | Nov 30, 2017 | ROS Q&A

Today's ROS Question: Moving Joints in Gazebo simple example? (https://answers.ros.org/question/273947/moving-joints-in-gazebo-simple-example/) Answers: You have to create the URDF, add the ros control plugin, and include a config file to configure the plugin. Let's...

Webinar | How To Train Your Lab Interns’ ROS Skills

by The Construct | Nov 30, 2017 | ROS Q&A

Learn the method that is revolutionizing the way new labs' members are trained on ROS fast with no hassle. Already used by many Universities and companies. DESCRIPTION Even if we would like to, engineering students do not receive proper ROS training during their...

[ROS Q&A] 069 – RQT Custom Plugin: undefined symbol

by Ruben Alves | Nov 29, 2017 | ROS Q&A

In this video we solve an error that happened when trying to compile a RQT Plugin by answering the following question: https://answers.ros.org/question/276638/rqt-custom-plugin-undefined-symbol/ Q: The error says: Make sure that you are calling the...

[ROS Tutorials] 068 – buoyancy neutral object goes up with hydrodynamics plugin #Part 3

by Miguel Angel | Nov 28, 2017 | ROS Tutorials

This is the this part of the buoyancy question answer. In this part you learn how to add buoyancy to a geometric based comples model: http://answers.gazebosim.org/question/15600/buoyancy-neutral-object-goes-up-with-hydrodynamics-plugin/#17704 Q:buoyancy neutral object...

[ROS Q&A] 067 – Subscribe custom message attributes

by Marco Arruda | Nov 27, 2017 | ROS Q&A

Q: Hello! I want to subscribe data from .msg file. However the file has four other msgs inside. The format of the .msg file is: Could you tell me how to read, for example, x,y,z coordinates inside geometry_msgs/Vector3? A: I've created a custom msg (msg/mycustom.msg)...