Note: This tutorial assumes that you have completed the previous tutorials: Startup PR2 in Simulation.
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Working with Gazebo over ROS

Description: For the most part, working with Gazebo is the same as working with a robot.

Tutorial Level: BEGINNER

Next Tutorial: Basic PR2 Controls over ROS

Getting the state of the robot

First, startup PR2 in simulation. To see joint states of the PR2 robot, type

rostopic echo joint_states | less

This message is published at 100Hz.

Controlling the robot

Similarly, you can launch controllers and use them to control the robot. For example, type

rosmake pr2_teleop
roslaunch pr2_teleop teleop_keyboard.launch

You can then use keyboard commands to drive the robot around.

Reading from keyboard
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Use 'WASD' to translate
Use 'QE' to yaw
Press 'Shift' to run

teleop_pr2_keyboard node publishes velocity commands to the PR2 base controller. For more about the interface to mechanism controllers, see the PR2 mechanism controls stack.

Wiki: pr2_simulator/Tutorials/WorkingWithGazeboOverRos (last edited 2010-07-27 00:57:48 by hsu)