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The simple p2os (pioneer) gazebo simulation example stopped working on electric

asked 2011-10-13 06:44:21 -0500

Markus Bader gravatar image

updated 2011-10-13 07:03:44 -0500

Hi

The simple p2os (pioneer) gazebo simulation example stopped working on electric. On dimamondback it was possible to simulate a pioneer robot by running:

roslaunch p2os_urdf pioneer3dx.gazebo.launch

and to control it by:

rosrun erratic_teleop erratic_keyboard_teleop

On electric it stopped working, rostopic showed me that there is no publisher for \cmd_vel. Weird is that the very similar example from the erratic robot works.

Had someone the same problem and maybe a solution?

I tried to debug the gazebo_plugin gazebo_ros_diffdrive (gazebo_ros_diffdrive.cpp ) and it stucked there on line 71 client->ConnectWait(serverId, GZ_CLIENT_ID_USER_FIRST);

Greetings Max

Tested on Ubuntu 10.04 32bit and 11.04 64bit

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answered 2011-10-13 21:26:43 -0500

Markus Bader gravatar image

Thanks to VN!

It is working now! I rewrote controller part in the pioneer3dx.xacro and replaced

<controller:differential_position2d name="controller1">
  <update>100</update>
  <leftJoint>base_right_wheel_joint</leftJoint>
  <rightJoint>base_left_wheel_joint</rightJoint>
  <wheelSeparation>0.39</wheelSeparation>
  <wheelDiameter>0.15</wheelDiameter>
  <torque>5</torque>
  <interface:position name="position_iface_0"/>
</controller:differential_position2d>

with

<controller:diffdrive_plugin name="differential_drive_controller" plugin="libdiffdrive_plugin.so">
  <alwaysOn>true</alwaysOn>
  <update>100</update>
  <updateRate>100.0</updateRate>
  <leftJoint>base_right_wheel_joint</leftJoint>
  <rightJoint>base_left_wheel_joint</rightJoint>
  <wheelSeparation>0.39</wheelSeparation>
  <wheelDiameter>0.15</wheelDiameter>
  <torque>5</torque>
  <interface:position name="position_iface_0"/>
  <robotNamespace>/</robotNamespace>
  <topicName>cmd_vel</topicName>
</controller:diffdrive_plugin>

And there where also some changes needed to the launch file: The Controller Manager and the Controller Manager could be replaced by the Robot state publisher.

  <!-- Robot state publisher -->
  <node pkg="robot_state_publisher" type="state_publisher" name="robot_state_publisher">
    <param name="publish_frequency" type="double" value="50.0" />
    <param name="tf_prefix" type="string" value="" />
  </node>
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Hi Markus: Just curious to know if you are able to use pioneer model (your modified urdf/xacro file) to simulate in gazebo using navigation stack without any odometry error?? looking forward to hear from you.
VN gravatar image VN  ( 2011-10-16 16:31:58 -0500 )edit

Can you share your setup? i am trying to setup similar simulation but couldnot do. problem : http://answers.ros.org/question/29759/p2os-gazebo-simulation-example-stopped-working-on

prince gravatar image prince  ( 2012-03-15 00:01:41 -0500 )edit
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answered 2011-10-13 17:21:29 -0500

VN gravatar image

Markus: pioneer3dx.gazebo.launch file doesn't have transmissions for swivel and castor wheel. you have to modify it little bit. you should use "erratic robot" differential drive plugin.

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Hi! Just wanted to let you know that your solution worked for me as well. I tested it on Fuerte running on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit OS. However, I still have a small issue. The robot is little jumpy. I mean the robot castor wheel keeps vibrating.

swagatk gravatar image swagatk  ( 2013-03-26 01:44:16 -0500 )edit

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