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[ROS Projects] – My Robotic Manipulator – #Part 3 – URDF Inertia

by Marco Arruda | May 25, 2018 | Robotics with ROS

In this video we are going to insert inertia property to each link of our robotic manipulator. At the end of the video we'll be able to simulate this robot using Gazebo, due to having complete physic properties defined to the robot. Step1. Create Project Let's start...

[ROS Q&A] 125 – Save and load RViz configuration

by Alberto Ezquerro | May 24, 2018 | ROS Q&A

In this video we are going to show how you can easily save and load RViz configurations, using the Robot Ignite Academy. Step 1. Go to the Robot Ignite Academy Here is the link: https://goo.gl/631YF4 You can preview every course for free. Let's start with the...

[ROS Q&A] 124 – Range sensor does not detect obstacles in Gazebo

by Ricardo Tellez | May 22, 2018 | ROS Q&A

In this video, we are answering a question about why the range sensor plugin for Gazebo is not detecting obstacles. The answer to that problem will surprise you !!! (ha, ha, ha). In this posting, we will go through a demo of laser data visualization NOTE: This article...

[ROS Q&A] 123 – Roslaunch can’t locate node, but rosrun works fine

by Alberto Ezquerro | May 21, 2018 | ROS Q&A

In this video, we are going to answer a question found at ROS answers (https://answers.ros.org/question/291235/roslaunch-cant-locate-node-but-rosrun-works-fine/). The person is asking why he can run a Python script with rosrun, but not when using roslaunch. Let's...

[ROS In 5 Minutes] 006 – What is a ROS launch file?

by Ruben Alves | May 20, 2018 | ROS Tutorials

Hi all! Welcome to this "ROS In 5 Minutes" videos series. In today's videos we are going to see what's a launch file and how to launch it. If you want to Learn ROS Fast, we recommend you the following courses: ROS In 5 Days (Python) ROS In 5 Days (C++) Whether you...