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ROS Q&A | How to create and spawn humans in Gazebo7

by Miguel Angel | Aug 16, 2017 | ROS Q&A

Here you have a fast tutorial for creating your own human models in a format that can be spawned in Gazebo7 without any problems. You will use makehuman software and ROS Development Studio for showing all this. If you are interested in any element of the video...

ROS Q&A | How to start with OpenAI + ROS fast

by The Construct | Aug 16, 2017 | ROS Q&A

A video describes an already set up online environment where to teach ROS based robots to do things using the Open AI Gym. Everything is already set up and working. You just have to modify the environments to your necessities. [irp posts="8239" name="Using...

ROS Q&A | How to deal with transmission tags for gazebo ROS control

by Alberto Ezquerro | Aug 16, 2017 | ROS Q&A

This video shows how to properly update the transmission tags in your URDF file in order to work properly with the Gazebo ROS control plugin.

ROS Q&A | Create an obstacle that cannot be stepped in for Gazebo Simulator

by Miguel Angel | Aug 16, 2017 | ROS Q&A

Let's learn how to create an obstacle in Gazebo. Here you have the video response of how to do this test: Here I leave the main things I used to test it and some system information: Information System: Ubuntu 14.04.5 trusty ROS Version: indigo Gazebo 7.4.0 I...

ROS Q&A | How to create an actuated Hexapod with PID in Gazebo? (Video)

by Miguel Angel | Aug 16, 2017 | ROS Q&A

I know this is an old question but I think even now because knowing how to create an hexapod with plugin that moves the robot around and with an SDF model not a URDF might be useful to someone. Check this video answer which explaining a bit the process and the...