Questions tagged [ros-indigo]

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Where do I turn off CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING?

What's the right way to set this? I imagine I could muck with /opt/ros/indigo/share/catkin/cmake/toplevel.cmake, but somehow that doesn't strike me as the Right Thing. Originally posted by Rick Armstrong on ROS Answers with karma: 567 on…
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Problem has only fixed variables-ifopt

Hi, I am new to ifopt. I get "Problem has only fixed variables" although I am trying to add only very small changes to test_vars_constr_cost.h to solve a new optimization problem. Could you help me? Thank you, Barbara Originally posted by barbara…
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kobuki don't go straight, get a little to the right in gazebo

I am learning about the kobuki robot simulator. I followed the instructions here http://wiki.ros.org/kobuki/Tutorials/Gazebo%20Simulation when i control kobuki go straight, althought kobuki go straight but kobuki always get a little to the right.…
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How to call the openGripper functon from python

I need to open and close the gripper of PR2. I did not find any option to do that in python. From this tutorial, I found these functions: void openGripper(trajectory_msgs::JointTrajectory& posture) { // BEGIN_SUB_TUTORIAL open_gripper /* Add…
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Planner is not working for Baxter simulator in Rviz and with Moveit

I installed Baxter and Moveit simulator to work with Baxter as said here. However, I am having an issue, the planner is neither working in Rviz if I just drag the interactive marker and then plan nor if I run this tutorial. It keeps failing when I…
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How to use Baxter in simulation with Rviz and moveit?

I have come across the following tutorials of Baxter. Baxter Simulator Baxter with Moveit However, what I need is a tutorial that will enable me to work with Baxter in simulation as we can do with PR2 in Rviz. I need a launch file that will launch…
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Cannot install baxter simulator in ROS Indigo

I am trying to install Baxter simulator so that I may use it with Moveit without connecting to a real Baxter robot. I have followed the following tutorial: link:Baxter Wiki When I try this command: sudo apt-get install gazebo2 ros-indigo-qt-build…
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What is the planning coordinate frame of moveit for PR2 (Python)

Is it base_link or odom_combined? How do I check that and how do I set a specific planning frame? Originally posted by Tawfiq Chowdhury on ROS Answers with karma: 137 on 2019-05-14 Post score: 0
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How to use a callback only once in python

It appears that callback keeps executing as long as it receives data. But I want it to subscribe to a topic that is being published, get a pose from that topic, store it in a global variable and then use that global variable in another function…
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[SOLVED]Orientation_mode issue

Hello, I'm using ROS-indigo on a VM that run Ubuntu-14.04.5. I want to store on a file the informations of "/move_base/NavfnROS/plan" (in particular I need the position and orientation), to do so I first run this launch file: