Advantech Robotic Suite/Gazebo
Introduction
Gazebo is a 3D simulator designed to accurately and efficiently simulate robots in complex indoor and outdoor environments. Unlike typical game engines, Gazebo offers high-fidelity physics simulation, a variety of sensors, and user-friendly interfaces for both users and programs. It can fully integrate with ROS (Robot Operating System) using the gazebo_ros package, allowing you to control simulated robots with ROS messages and services.
Typical uses of Gazebo include:
- Testing robotics algorithms
- Designing robots
- Performing regression testing with realistic scenarios
Key features of Gazebo:
- Multiple physics engines
- A rich library of robot models and environments
- A wide variety of sensors
- Convenient programmatic and graphical interfaces
Install
First install some necessary tools:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install lsb-release curl gnupg
Then install Gazebo (It is recommended to install the appropriate version, please refer to gazebosim):
sudo curl https://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.gpg --output /usr/share/keyrings/pkgs-osrf-archive-keyring.gpg echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/pkgs-osrf-archive-keyring.gpg] http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu-stable $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-stable.list > /dev/null sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gz-garden
How to Run
Run gazebo
gz sim
Choose the world you want to execute.
Download worlds and models
We can download some worlds and models in https://app.gazebosim.org/fuel/worlds.