Support IR Omni and bumper sensors in Gazebo #76

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1. jacobperron commented on Dec 1, 2020

   

   jacobperron

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   Only the omni IR sensor is supported, and this referring to the real robot driver. Note, this is a passive sensor (not a range finder). To get an equivalent sensor in a Gazebo simulation, we should modify the simulation description with an appropriate plugin. I'm not sure if there exists a plugin for this type of fiducial sensor.
2. Interaze commented on Dec 5, 2020

   

   Interaze

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   Thankyou for the reply, would it be possible to get help to work on some of this? I'm willing to help out as much as I can, but I have little experience with developing urdf or sdf models. I think if we could get the bumper working for the model it would really make a difference.
3. jacobperron commented on Dec 7, 2020

   

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   @Interaze I don't have much time to dedicate, but it does look like gazebo_ros supports bumper sensors. You could try adapting that example, adding it to the create gazebo description file.
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   changed the title [-]Accessing IR Omni publisher with the create_2[/-] [+]Support IR Omni and bumper sensors in Gazebo[/+] on Sep 29, 2021
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