Bug #401
openadding a simulated ft-sens in Gazebo
Description
Hi Anthony,
The problem that I have is that I need to simulate a F/T sensor. Currently I added a sensor plugin to one of the joints:
<joint name="fixed-joint" type="fixed">
<parent>parent_link</parent>
<child>child_link</child>
<sensor name="force_torque" type="force_torque">
<update_rate>50</update_rate>
<visualize>false</visualize>
<always_on>true</always_on>
</sensor>
</joint>
Then I use a ROS node to take these measurements form Gazebo and publish them to some ROS topic, and I read this topic in Simulink using ROS Toolbox.
I would like to be able to read these measurements in a similar way that I read it from the ftsens-genom3.
So a great solution would be similar to what we do with optitrack-genom3 and mrsim-gazebo.
Thanks!
Ayham
Updated by Anthony Mallet 12 months ago
I created a small genom3 component reading a wrench topic from a
force/torque sensor in gazebo. I think this should simplify your workflow.
Please check https://git.openrobots.org/projects/gazeboft-genom3
If this works for you, I'll make a release and include it in robotpkg
as well.
Cheers,