Gazebo Workshop

This is a package used for the demo purpose in gazebo workshop been conducted.

Installing teleop_twist_keyboard

After setting up a workspace, follow these commands to install teleop_twist_keyboard package

  sudo apt-get install ros-melodic-teleop-twist-keyboard

Creating a Package

After creating a catkin workspace follow these commands to create a package

  cd catkin_ws/src

  catkin_create_pkg workshop_demo urdf

This will create a package with a CMakeLists.txt and package.xml in it. Then,

  cd ..

  catkin_make

  source ./devel/setup.bash

This completes creating and setting up of a package.

Launching the Simulation

After creating a .launch file for simulation follow this command to launch our gazebo simulation.

  roslaunch workshop_demo robo.launch

To run the teleop_twist_keyboard package and to control the movement of robot use the below command

  rosrun teleop_twist_keyboard teleop_twist_keyboard.py

Additional Links

• URDF online visualization website
• Gazebo plugins
• ROS Development Studio
• Few gazebo models
• Few pre-built gazebo worlds