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[Gazebo in 5 minutes] 008 – How to visualize a robot URDF using RVIZ

by Marco Arruda | Nov 12, 2018 | Gazebo Tutorials

In this video we'll learn how to visualize a robot model using RViz tool. At the end of the video, you'll understand how to launch RViz and visualize a given robot description model. Let's go! https://youtu.be/N1QsVM5imsU Links mentioned in the video and other useful...

[Gazebo Q&A] 006 – Create a particle Shooter Flow in Gazebo 9 ROS Melodic

by Miguel Angel | Nov 6, 2018 | Gazebo Tutorials

In this vedeo you will learn how to create a plugin to shoot particles in any direction in Gazebo 9 with ROS Melodic, answering the question from Gazebo Answers https://youtu.be/etCTIAa7NYI Related resources: Here is the ROSject of the project, just click and the...

[Gazebo Q&A] 005 – Store Gazebo Model Poses in File

by Miguel Angel | Nov 6, 2018 | Gazebo Tutorials

In this video you are going to learn how to store a models poses from gazebo into a yaml file, answering the question: http://answers.gazebosim.org/question/20763/gazebo-model-pose-storage/ https://youtu.be/xJ_uB9bJiWQ Related recourses: Here is the ROSject of the...

[ROS Q&A] 163 – Custom message fails to build: No such file or directory

by Alberto Ezquerro | Nov 6, 2018 | ROS Q&A

Learn how to solve a common error "No such file or directory" when compiling a package that contains a custom message. This post answered the following question on ROS...

Where is roscore in ROS2?

by Bayode Aderinola | Nov 5, 2018 | ROS2 Tutorials

Hello ROS developers! In this post, we'll find out what happened to roscore in ROS2 and how similar functions of the ROS1 master were implemented in ROS2. Sit back and get ready to have some fun! In order to approach this theory-like topic with as much practical as...