Questions tagged [urdf]

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How can I parse "package://" in a URDF file path?

I have a robot URDF that points to mesh files using "package://". I would like to use urdfpy to parse this URDF. However, it is unable to interpret the…
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Using MCAP for URDFs

I'm having trouble with the transportability of my URDF files. Specifically I'm unable to get them to load in Foxglove Studio. Is it possible to add a URDF as an attachment in an MCAP file so that it's somehow fully encapsulated and just opens by…
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Pybullet - Gripper is not able to Grasp Object

I am using the Kinova Jaco robotic arm with the j2n6s300.urdf file and I simply want to grasp a mug from the side and live it up. However, the gripper is not able to pick up the mug. It seems that there is an "invisible" barrier between gripper…
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How to activate the exact mesh of a link for contact simulation on Drake?

We are trying to simulate the contact of a two-link brachiating robot with unactuated(hook-shaped) grippers on the support bar of a horizontal ladder. The following image(img4.png) is the .obj file of one of the links, opened in MeshLab. More…
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Controller manager not available in ROS2

Hi I have added control plugin in robot arm urdf then created launch file but when I run launch file gazebo and robot arm model open but I get an error like below. How can I solve this problem? [robot_state_publisher-3] Parsing robot urdf xml…
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Robotic arm fall to ground in gazebo

I create a custom URDF in Solidworks and simulate it in ROS when ever I launch the robot in the gazebo simulator the arm fall to the ground. the robot is perfectly fine in rviz.
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Waiting for service /gazebo/spawn_urdf_model

I am following a tutorial to build a custom robot in Ros. I followed in detail this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvPFDQxfm2w&t=70s I am trying to make my robot called "mrm" spawn in gazebo. When I launch this spawn.launch file:
lorenzo21
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My robot falls through the ground in gazebo world

https://github.com/osrf/vrx I am using the usv urdf file I created to open the gazevo world in the example link above. It seems to be able to load the model into the gazebo world, but there is a problem that the model continues to sink to the…
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How can I set an initial position (xyz) for a link that is connected via a floating joint in URDF?

I wish to connect a child link in a predefined initial position relative to another parent link, via a floating joint. When I try to do it with the origin tag of the joint it doesn't affect at all!
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RVIZ 2 ROS2 Cant See Any Joints

Although I got the visuals for my joints in my code(two wheels at the side and one at the bottom) I can not see them on the rviz2 visuals -in gazebo I have no problems I can see the whole robot. I have the joint-state-publisher and…
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URDF Model joints fusing in Gazebo on launching controller

I simply need to simulate a revolute joint between a servo part and a beam part. The model was imported from Fusion360 using fusion2urdf plugin on github. model simulates fine on launching but when controller node is launched to control angle of…
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ros2_control: No parameter file provided. Configuration might be wrong. failed to parse input yaml file(s)

I am trying to build a 4 wheel differential drive robot. But i am getting error when using ros2_control. I am getting the following error "No parameter file provided. Configuration might be wrong. failed to parse input yaml file(s)" in terminal. …
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Why Isaac Gym failed to parse URDF when I try the demo after installation

I have tried to install Isaac Gym on Ubunt 18.04 with nvidia 1060 and the 470 driver. Everything is ok after I "sudo apt install libpython3.7" following the official index.html. However I got error showing:" failed to load…
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No module name 'rosgraph' error when i try to run a simulation in ros2

import os from ament_index_python.packages import get_package_share_directory from launch import LaunchDescription from launch.substitutions import LaunchConfiguration, Command from launch.actions import DeclareLaunchArgument from…
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Parser error Couldn't parse params file - Trying to load YAML file

I have been searching for a solution to my problem but am unable to find any solutions for my problem that are also using Python. I am trying to run Universal Robot's UR10e in gazebo and control it using ROS2_control. I am running ROS2 Iron and…
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