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ROS Q&A | How to import python modules from different ROS packages

by Miguel Angel | Aug 21, 2017 | ROS Q&A

Learn how to import python modules from other packages and make them available for all the system. Also learn how to correctly install python scripts and modules.

ROS Q&A | How to have any Gazebo sim running in 5 minutes

by Ricardo Tellez | Aug 21, 2017 | ROS Q&A

We show how to launch a Gazebo simulation stored on a git repository. You can use any computer (Windows, Mac, Linux), without requiring ROS installation, special libraries or else. Just clone the git and launch. ...

ROS Q&A | How to Start Programming Drones using ROS

by Marco Arruda | Aug 21, 2017 | ROS Q&A

In this video answer, we walk through the basics of a Parrot AR Drone Gazebo simulation. You will learn the topics provided by the simulation and how to use a ROS program to interact, sending commands or reading sensors, with this robot. [irp posts="8190"...

[ROS Q&A] 003 – How to control a Gazebo simulated robot with MoveIt! ? (UR5)

by Alberto Ezquerro | Aug 21, 2017 | ROS Q&A

In this ROS video tutorial we will show you a quick example of how to control a Gazebo simulated ur5 robotic arm with MoveIt!. https://youtu.be/j6bBxfD_bYs * Get all the ROS code of the video in this link: http://www.rosject.io/l/c3b7cee/ Step 1. Create...

ROS Q&A | Why print works but rospy.loginfo doesn’t?

by Ruben Alves | Aug 19, 2017 | ROS Q&A

When we are developing ROS Programs, it's common to use "print" or "rospy.loginfo" to print some text on the screen in order to see if our program is working as expected. The problem is that sometimes the "rospy.loginfo" doesn't work and we have no idea why it...